It is common practice that the presenter should repeat any question before
answering it. As long as this speaking protocol is followed, I don't see
any understanding issues arrising from only recording the presenter.
On Sep 13, 2014 5:54 PM, "Aigars Mahinovs" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 12 September 2014 18:52, John Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Gaudenz Steinlin <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> >> But I agree that this view might be skewed be that fact that I
> >> personally think that the talks video are very valueable and don't mind
> >> being filmed during the talks.
> >
> > I find audio and video of the primary speaker and the slides very
> > valuable. I'm a little lost as to why people want video of the crowd or
> > those asking questions. Why isn't audio sufficient for that?
>
> It has been mentioned before and I somewhat agree - for a non-native
> English speaker it is often easier to understand people if you see
> them speak as that give some more visual cues on what they are saying.
> This becomes even more important when the tone of the question might
> be important. In addition, the peronality of the people asking the
> question (in case of known people) is also important for a fuller
> understanding. Not taping the video of the person asking the question
> makes the people watching livestream or the recordings miss ... half
> of the picture? (pun was not intended, originally)
>
> I do not see it being a fair trade to deprive hundreds of people that
> are watching these videos, of the visual cues, for the privacy benefit
> or minimal seating arrangement comfort of the 5 or 6 people that do
> not want to be filmed.
>
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