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Originally Posted by Wild Coyote
Hey Blue,
I'm trying to come up with the minimum equipment needed to participate in a video call.
There are:: phones, computers, tablets . Oh, what about tablets?
There are some very inexpensive tablets or even Kindle Fire tablets. It's likely the non-kindle tablets are best, I think? (In saying "inexpensive," I do realize you, Beth, are trying to live on an extremely limited budget. I do know how difficult it can be  )
Please forgive my ignorance here, what would one need to use a tablet for video calls? ie: earbuds with a mic?
Thanks, Blue.  |
I don't know about tablets. I tried to download VSee and VSee Clinic to both of my iPads (older iPad mini and very new iPad Air) and both apps gave me problems. So I was limited to using my phone and my MacBook Pro... but phone is easier for me. Have not tried it on Windows because I do not own a Windows machine.
It looks like there *is* a VSee app for Kindle (upon a quick Amazon search):
https://www.amazon.com/VSee/dp/B01KIVODVC
I do not see VSee Clinic, though.
But yes, a pair of earphones with a mic would work if you're using your computer; same with a phone. However, I don't know what a computer would do if you download the software without having a webcam. I don't know if it would crash or what, but it can be tried.
Phone is probably easiest though. Most phones will work with VSee and VSee Clinic. I've developed Android and iOS apps before, and when you design the apps, you can set the minimum version of the operating system you want to support. The majority of Android apps support Android Jelly Bean (version 4.x) and later, and Jelly Bean came out in 2012... so even if your phone is 8 years old, it should be supported (in theory). But in some cases, they only support Marshmallow (version 6.x) and later, but that came out in 2015, so even if you've had your phone for 5 years, it should work.