Sodasync

Replace real-time meetings with async recorded video threads

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Replace real-time meetings with async recorded video threads

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Asynchronous collaboration and communication platform for remote teams. Replace real-time meetings with recorded videos. Sodasync stitches individual videos into organized team meetings. Watch, respond and collaborate any time, any place. Goodbye timezones!

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Hey @sodasync the product sure looks nice and useful but I will be a devil's advocate and share a few points as an engineer with a decade of remote work: - I have always felt that people, me including, want to avoid being on camera - Text is easier to send out, say when you are just getting out of bed or in a cab - You lose search capability, convert to "to-do" capability, etc. - Even to consume the conversation I need headphones with me all the time These points are not say this can not work, but I am just sharing things I have noted over the years.

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6yr ago

Sodasync

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@sumitdatta thanks for the feedback and for sharing your personal experience! - We certainly know that some do not like being on camera and so we made available the voice-only recording for those days when bedhead takes over :D - Text enablement was always an option but for now, we'd like to work alongside your favorite chat apps rather than replace them (yet). - Custom tagging, search and voice-to-text is on the roadmap and we are excited about this feature coming soon (we want to get it just right) - As for headphones, they're optional. Like any video conference call you'd take, as long as you have speakers you're good to consume. Once again, a huge thanks for the feedback! This is exactly why we love the Product Hunt community - willing to dig into the details we want people to be asking about. If there any other questions, observations etc, please ask!

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6yr ago

@sodasync You are most welcome. Let's hope these get resolved, I wish you the best!

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6yr ago

So I LOVE the idea behind this, but I just can't get it to work well. Lots of "beachballing" and connection errors. Even with small things like adding a profile pic and changing my username. Will certainly keep my eye on it though. (I'm using Edge as my browser)

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6yr ago

Sodasync

Maker

@richard_mulholland Thanks for sending some love :D Much appreciated as we love your talks! We're hard at work continuing to ensure our services scale successfully as the influx of usage comes our way! I'm sorry to hear you encountered a few cases of beachballing (we did try to make that loader graphic interesting to look at in cases like this!) Edge WebRTC APIs are not quite up to par with what Chrome and Firefox has implemented and so at times the API access needs transforms to support Edge. It is generally recommended to use Chrome for the most stable/wide WebRTC support!

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6yr ago

Sodasync

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Hey Hey Makers and Hunters! 👋 Remote work is on the rise and our teammates now span across the entire globe. The problem is - timezones will always exists and so real-time video conference become impossible. Furthermore, while chat apps are good, they're just not the same as putting a face to a name... And that's where Sodasync comes to the rescue! The truth is that real-time communication does not work anymore. Sodasync is an asynchronous collaboration and communication platform for remote teams. Replace your real-time video conference meetings with quick recordings of your face, screen or voice in the browser and Sodasync will stitch individual videos into organized team video threads. That's right - No more busy calendars, no more meetings before even eating breakfast. Video conversations become more like chat - you can easily watch, rewatch, respond and collaborate by creating engaging video threads that can be contributed to any time, any place. Sodasync is completely free for teams of all sizes. Spin up as many video threads as you'd like and stay in sync with your teammates - no matter where they live. We seek creating workplaces in which everyone has a voice regardless as to whether you are across the country or even half-way across the globe. Join us in our mission for Thought Equity! A million thanks!

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6yr ago

Ah wow! Cool I'll give it a shot in chrome today then. Loom works fine in Edge, but bomb bomb atruggles, so that must be it.

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6yr ago

Great product by the looks of things. I’ve been trialing another product that’s very similar and appreciating the async aspect for check ins. I’m now coming to see the benefits of project based video feeds to get an update and a better sense of what has happened or about to happen. You miss a lot through written word; yet also gain a lot through being forced to articulate clearly in words. So a combination of both would be perfect I’ll have a try for sure

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6yr ago

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More meetings should be async, imo. Where'd the name, Sodasync, come from?

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6yr ago

Sodasync

Maker

Hi @rrhoover! The name Sodasync is actually [S]tandups [O]bjectives [D]iscussions ASYNC. Funnily enough, it was accidentally discovered while an unnamed project and these words happened to be written on a whiteboard as the goal. The other meaning of Sodasync comes from soda being a leisurely drink. Discussions and collaboration should def not be overwhelming but a pleasant experience :D

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6yr ago

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