Many websites offer the ability to communicate through video emails.
The process to send such mails usually requires one to login to the site or
download an application and run it from your own desktop or laptop. The service
is bundled in a host of ways from being standalone to, as is usually the case,
being offered in addition to other services that may have additional value for
the user. Accordingly, such service offerings are either free with appropriate
riders or chargeable.
The video message is transmitted to the recipient as a hyperlink that points to a video that is streamed off a remote server. In another format for delivery of video mails, it is sent as an attachment to the recipient embedded in an executable file that includes a player. Such an arrangement is more useful for mobile devices where such a feature could be important. Using standard email to deliver video as an attachment is the other alternative but will be somewhat constrained by attachment size limits.
Interacting via video emails does have some clear benefits. The most trivial advantage being that of overcoming learning barriers related to language and keyboard skills required for online communications. At a psychological level, posturing and intonation are more likely to cause less confusion than an improperly worded text message. Consequently, aiding the delivery of intent in a manner that is less prone to misunderstanding. The proximity of the visual in a video email also ensures complete attention by the recipient since the experience is more personalized.
However, the flip side of using video mail is that it may actually be awkward if not downright difficult for some people, and may require multiple re-recordings before the message is satisfactory. Perhaps this is a process challenge tempered by habit that repeated use might overcome. But, people whose verbal communication skills are somewhat deficient and who are more at ease with writing than with presenting information orally may prefer conventional email.
Several sites on the internet are replete with discussions on how video emails are likely to gain center-stage in the coming year both from a personal and business use perspective. Perhaps it's time to try out something fresh!
The video message is transmitted to the recipient as a hyperlink that points to a video that is streamed off a remote server. In another format for delivery of video mails, it is sent as an attachment to the recipient embedded in an executable file that includes a player. Such an arrangement is more useful for mobile devices where such a feature could be important. Using standard email to deliver video as an attachment is the other alternative but will be somewhat constrained by attachment size limits.
Interacting via video emails does have some clear benefits. The most trivial advantage being that of overcoming learning barriers related to language and keyboard skills required for online communications. At a psychological level, posturing and intonation are more likely to cause less confusion than an improperly worded text message. Consequently, aiding the delivery of intent in a manner that is less prone to misunderstanding. The proximity of the visual in a video email also ensures complete attention by the recipient since the experience is more personalized.
However, the flip side of using video mail is that it may actually be awkward if not downright difficult for some people, and may require multiple re-recordings before the message is satisfactory. Perhaps this is a process challenge tempered by habit that repeated use might overcome. But, people whose verbal communication skills are somewhat deficient and who are more at ease with writing than with presenting information orally may prefer conventional email.
Several sites on the internet are replete with discussions on how video emails are likely to gain center-stage in the coming year both from a personal and business use perspective. Perhaps it's time to try out something fresh!
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