 | SHA-TALK is a text communication tool which supports synchronous n-way textual conversations. It is useful for designers who do not have multimedia communication facilities on the desktop. |
 | SHA-DRAW is a sketching tool, which facilitates the generation and display of simple 2-D pictures, using a rich set of primitive operations. A collaborative session consisting of Sha-Draw applications lets a group of collaborators synchronously create and edit simple 2-D sketches on shared whiteboards. |
 | SHA-POLY is a collaborative visualization and graphical-object browsing and manipulation tool. It supports shared viewing of 3-D models using different display and visualization techniques in a synchronously conferenced setting. |
 | SHA-PHONE service is used to record and playback audio information stored in multimedia objects. An n-way audio conference is conducted by setting up a collaborative session consisting of Sha-Phone instances. |
 | SHA-VIDEO handles image data (without sound) -- both still images and motion video. It is used, both directly and by other tools, to playback and record video information stored in multimedia objects. A collaborative session consisting of Sha-Video applications provides the mechanism to conduct a silent video conference. |
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