Role-based conference or virtual meeting is a video conferencing mode in which only particular participants can be seen and heard by others.
Role-based conference participants are divided into 3 types:
- Moderators who organize and control video meeting.
- Speakers who can seen and heard by all participants.
- Attendees who are not seen by other conference participants.
The maximum number of speakers in a role-based conference is 36 out of 800 possible participants with TrueConf Server, and 4 out of 120 with TrueConf Online.
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Step 1: Choose a Conference Type
Click on the icon in the address book 
to open Conference Manager window. On Options tab, set the name of your conference and select Role-Based in Conference type section.
Step 2: Select Conference Participants
To add users from the address book to the list of conference participants, go to Participants tab and select the users you need.
Click Create to start a conference.
Step 3: Assign Roles in a Role-Based Conference
In a role-based conference, any attendee can become a speaker. To that end, viewers should send a request to the moderator by clicking on Take Podium button in the conference management window in the Tools tab.
The conference moderator will receive the following request:
You can end your speech by clicking Leave Podium button
that will appear instead of Take Podium button during your speech.
Any conference participant can leave an audio remark without special permissions. To that end, hold down Make an audio remark button in the same menu and keep it pressed until your remark ends.
Once the button is released, a participant’s audio will be streamed to users for another three seconds.
