If while in a video session it would be easier for your participants to communicate by chat than speech (or it may be more useful to chat a message than speak it, like to send an article link), you can use our videoconferencing app's built-in chat feature.

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You can open a direct chat with any of your participants by clicking on the chat bubble icon on their video window, in the lower right-hand corner.

Then a chat window will appear for you to enter text and view responses.

This article was last reviewed by our Support team on August 23, 2016.