Welcome to a preview of the next generation of Adobe Acrobat Connect, codename "Brio." Brio is a web meeting service designed for small collaborative meetings for individual professionals and small businesses. With Brio, you can instantly communicate and collaborate through an easy-to-use, easy-to-access online personal meeting room.
Built on Adobe's Flash platform, Brio operates inside most popular web browsers, so you can start a meeting without worrying if others have a compatible system or the right software.
Brio beta allows you to:
- Host unlimited online meetings with up to 3 meeting participants.
- Interact with easy-to-use screen sharing, chat and whiteboards.
- Access your meeting instantly with a personalized, easy-to-remember URL.
- Distribute documents and files to meeting participants.
- Use integrated VoIP, teleconferencing and multi-point video.
Whether it is an ad-hoc meeting with remote colleagues or a sales call, Brio gives you the tools to conduct a meeting as if you were in the same room. See how you can reduce travel costs, save time and increase productivity by using Brio today.
Need web conferencing for eLearning, Online Marketing & Sales, or Enterprise-wide Collaboration? Consider Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional.
Getting Started
Follow these steps to get started with Brio:
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Go to the Brio beta sign-up page
Note: You may be asked to join the waiting list if no beta invitations are available at this time.
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Create an Adobe ID and name your personal meeting room.
The Adobe ID is the same ID used throughout Adobe.com and here on Adobe Labs—it is typically your email address (e.g. [email protected]). Your personal meeting room is the personalized URL where you and your meeting participants will go to meet.
If you already have an Adobe ID click on the "Log in" button, enter your login information and name your personal meeting room.
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Read and agree to the Brio Beta Services Agreement and the Adobe Online Privacy Policy.
Note: This is a technology preview, not a final release. Neither the quality nor the features are complete yet. We want to show you our direction and get your feedback so that we can incorporate it into future releases.
- Click on the "Start a meeting" button to access your meeting room. You will need to download a small Brio add-in in order to share your screen.
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Ask questions and share your feedback in the Labs forum for Brio.
Please note that your submission of comments, ideas, feature requests and techniques on this and other Adobe maintained forums, as well as Adobe's right to use such materials, is governed by the Terms of Use.
Community
Below you’ll find links to help you participate in the Brio community.
Online Forums
Ask questions, discuss with other Brio users in our online forum.
Please note that your submission of comments, ideas, feature requests and techniques on this and other Adobe maintained forums, as well as Adobe's right to use such materials, is governed by the Terms of Use.
Feedback
The Brio team is interested in knowing how they can improve the service.
Submit feedback, including bugs and feature enhancement requests
Weblogs
Read and subscribe to entries from the Brio team regarding what they are working on and what may be next for Brio.
Resources
If you want to learn more about releases on Labs as well as other Adobe technologies, visiting a user group or connecting with an Adobe Community Expert is a great place to start.
Product Details
FAQ
- What is Brio?
- Brio is a personal web meeting service that enables you to instantly communicate and collaborate using your own online meeting room. To start a meeting, just go to your meeting room and invite others to join you at the same URL. As the host, you will need to download a small Brio add-in in order to share your screen. Meeting attendees will not need to download any software unless they will also be sharing their screen. There is no need to schedule meetings in advance.
- Who should use Brio?
- Anyone who wants to communicate and collaborate instantly with anyone—from colleagues to customers, one-on-one or in small groups of up to 3 people during the Brio beta.
- What are always-on personal meeting rooms?
- With Brio, you can set up a customized URL that stays the same, so it's easy to remember for you and your contacts.
- How many people can attend my meeting?
- During the Brio beta, three participants can attend your meeting including you as the host.
- Does a meeting attendee need to sign up for an account?
- No, meeting attendees can attend your meeting as a guest and do not need to sign up for their own account.
- Does a meeting attendee need to download any software to attend my meeting?
- No, meeting attendees do not need to download any software to attend your meeting if they have the latest version of Adobe Flash player installed. Brio beta requires Adobe Flash Player 9 which is already installed on the majority of browsers worldwide. However, if attendees would like to share their screen, they will be prompted to install the Brio beta add in.
- What security features does Brio have?
- Brio uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL v3) with 128-bit encryption for all meetings and account management interactions.
- Can Brio be accessed across firewalls?
- Brio communicates through standard HTTP and Secure Socket Layer (SSL) ports, so users do not have to reconfigure their firewalls to participate in online meetings.
- How is Brio different from Adobe Acrobat Connect?
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Brio is the next version of Adobe Acrobat Connect™. Additional features in Brio that are not in Adobe Acrobat Connect include:
Easier Meeting Management
- Access to key meeting features while screen sharing with the new palette
- Screen sharing option for all participants (not just meeting hosts or presenters)
- New room management options—"accept all" attendees, automatic room entry
More Customization Options
- Customizable meeting room layout
- Richer expression and text layout options in the note and chat pods
- Personalized display images in the meeting attendee list
New Features
- Voice over IP (VoIP), an alternative to phone conferencing
- The ability to upload files to distribute to your meeting participant
- What is the difference between Brio and Acrobat Connect Professional?
- Brio, the next generation of Acrobat Connect, enables professionals to conduct collaborative online meetings with up to three participants. Acrobat Connect Professional enables interactive web conferencing for small or large organizations, as well as web seminars, sales presentations, and online training for up to 1,500 participants. Acrobat Connect Professional is available for purchase via a flexible licensing model.
- Does Brio include free audio conferencing?
- Yes, every account includes free audio conferencing (reservation-less). Just click on the phone icon upper right corner of your meeting room and select Adobe Conference Number. You will see a text box with the call-in numbers as well as the meeting ID number. There is no charge for the service, however, long distance phone charges may apply.
- What languages is Brio beta available in?
- This preview of Brio is currently only available in English.
- Does Brio include remote control?
- Yes, Brio includes remote control, the ability for a meeting participant to take control of other meeting participant's desktops with their permission. This is useful for collaborative work sessions, one-on-one instruction, and product support. You can access remote control in two ways: (1) while you are sharing, select someone else in the attendee list and select "Give this user control of my computer," or (2) if you'd like to request control of someone's screen, click on their name while they are sharing and select "Request control of this user's computer."
- Can I get any technical support?
- Technical support is not provided, other than the user-to-user community forums, which members of the Brio team will be participating in actively.
System Requirements
The system requirements for the Brio beta are listed below.
Windows
- Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home Edition with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista®
- Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0 or Mozilla Firefox 2.0
- Adobe® Flash® Player 9,0,47,0
- Cable modem, DSL or better internet connection
Macintosh
- Mac OS X v10.4
- Safari 2.0 or Mozilla Firefox 2.0
- Adobe® Flash® Player 9
- Cable modem, DSL or better internet connection Linux (No support for screen-sharing)
- Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or SeaMonkey 1.1.3
- Adobe® Flash® Player 9,0,47,0
- Cable modem, DSL or better internet connection
Linux
- Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or SeaMonkey 1.1.3
- Adobe® Flash® Player 9,0,47,0
- Cable modem, DSL or better internet connection
Release Notes
Brio is featured on Adobe Labs and is not a final release. Technical support is not provided, other than the Community Forums. Brio is provided in English, and intended for use in the United States.
Issues Addressed in this Release
The following are some important issues resolved with this release, including both bug fixes and enhancements.
- Implemented Secure Socket Layer (SSL v3) with 128-bit encryption for all
meetings and account management interactions which should result in Brio beta being accessible across more firewalls. - Fixed a number of issues that might have resulted in higher-than-optimal latency.
- Pods resize correctly when selecting "Reset to default layout".
- Upper ASCII characters now display correctly for user names.
- Chat pod now scrolls to view newest message.
- Meeting Preferences: Audience members can now change the font color in Chat Preferences.
Known Issues
- Whiteboard: Text/Font tool always defaults to "Arial" font.
- Mac OSX only: When attempting to upgrade to the more recent version of the screen-sharing add-in, users are repeatedly asked to download and install the new add-in.
Workaround: Delete the folder called "acaddin" on your hard drive (directory located at /Home/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/www.macromedia.com/bin/acaddin). The next time you do screen sharing from within your meeting room, you will be able to download and install the latest screen sharing add-in. - Linux only: Brio beta does not work on Linux because the Adobe Flash Player 9 for Linux, by default, does not include support for RTMPS, our secure streaming protocol.
Workaround: Linux users can explicitly add support for RTMPS to their installation of Flash Player.