OpenTalk is a state-of-the-art video conferencing solution and adapts flexibly to your needs. It can be run as a stand-alone solution or also integrated as a component into an existing platform, thanks to its open interfaces. OpenTalk can be operated either within your own infrastructure (on-prem) or accessed on our servers in Germany (SaaS). OpenTalk fully implements the requirements of secrecy protection and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
OpenTalk offers true digital sovereignty for political organisations and public authorities on the local and federal level. Developed out of projects for the states of Berlin and Thuringia, OpenTalk also offers what the public sector needs: moderation, invite management, high security standards, local operation, audit-proof voting, agendas, and minutes. Smart moderation tools, automatic moderation, polling, and group rooms are features that support teachers in conducting their lessons in an enter- taining and creative way. Gamification features are interesting and promote excitement and focus across all age groups. Intuitive usability will appeal to all us- ers, even if they are not very technically-minded. This makes teaching and learning easy for all involved.
Some of the features:
- Data protection and confidentiality: The GDPR, confidentiality, and secrecy protection are in our DNA. Our well-designed architecture ensures data separation, client suitability and transparent security mechanisms.
- The use of more than one moderator makes it possible to conduct conferences more efficiently in parallel, as several moderators can divide the work between them. When a conference has finished, moderators can re- main in the meeting for off-boarding.
- Audit-proof voting mechanism: Effective resolutions, not just talk: OpenTalk offers an audit proof mechanism for conducting open and secret votes and will reliably document the results.
- Break-out rooms can be created randomly, by number of moderators, or by group affiliation of the participants. Moderators can enter or leave those rooms at any time.
- Open interfaces and SSO: Our APIs give access to all functionality. Appear- ance, behaviour and features can be controlled separately. Singlesign- on (SSO) via Keycloak facilitates the seamless integration into your own systems.
- GDPR compliant recording: OpenTalk supports recording of the meeting. Participants will be asked for consent and are not included in the recording when they refuse. Compared to other solutions this is also applied for attendees dialled in by phone.
- High scalability: OpenTalk’s container architecture ensures stable platform operation and so, reliability and scalability for providers.
A well-designed technology stack offers maximum scalability, and useful administration and monitoring features. With open APIs, OpenTalk integrates seamlessly with existing service platforms. A great range of functionality, user management, and flexible billing models provide true added value and USPs that make OpenTalk stand out from other solutions.
The people behind OpenTalk are the competent team of the Heinlein Group, who also run the e-mail provider mailbox.org and look back at 30 years of experience in the design and operation of secure electronic communication. OpenTalk has been developed from the ground up as open source software with a modern IT architecture. Modern, stable, user-friendly, and secure.
