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New Voice Services from Linden Lab
Sharcel Bellic
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05-19-2009 22:53
Gigaom has a post saying there's new voice services coming from LL.

http://gigaom.com/2009/05/19/second-life-takes-aim-at-skype/

"the company will also announce a battery of voice services usable outside SL, including “AvaLine,” which enables mobile phone-to-avatar calling."
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05-19-2009 22:59
Yep, it was on the SL blog too.

https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/features/blog/2009/05/20/over-15-billion-voice-minutes-served
Rhaorth Antonelli
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05-19-2009 23:25
weird, the news release is dated april 30'th and says at the end....

AvaLine marks the first time a Resident can communicate with a non-Second Life user within Second Life. Linden Lab is launching a beta-testing program today with the full service launching later in Q3.
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05-20-2009 06:28
Geeze...I already have more IMs and chat than I can handle. Why would I want to take calls from RL TOO? :confused:
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05-20-2009 06:34
From: Sharcel Bellic
Gigaom has a post saying there's new voice services coming from LL.

http://gigaom.com/2009/05/19/second-life-takes-aim-at-skype/

"the company will also announce a battery of voice services usable outside SL, including “AvaLine,” which enables mobile phone-to-avatar calling."

That'll be great for the mobile companies. Rack up those minutes everyone!
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05-20-2009 06:51
Blech. Here come the telemarketers.
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05-20-2009 07:02
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Blech. Here come the telemarketers.


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05-20-2009 08:05
OMG. You guys are right. I bet the Do Not Call Registry doesn't apply to internet voice calls.

Crap.
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05-20-2009 08:07
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05-20-2009 08:20
I'd heard some rumors of this a day or two ago. On one hand, it sounds like some great enhancements. On the other... hey, how about adding new features and services to the *core product* - this whole 3D virtual world thing, ya know?
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05-20-2009 08:25
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I'd heard some rumors of this a day or two ago. On one hand, it sounds like some great enhancements. On the other... hey, how about adding new features and services to the *core product* - this whole 3D virtual world thing, ya know?


You are getting Homestead price increases and an adult ghetto.....well you aren't getting the last one.......what else do you want?
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05-20-2009 08:31
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I'd heard some rumors of this a day or two ago. On one hand, it sounds like some great enhancements. On the other... hey, how about adding new features and services to the *core product* - this whole 3D virtual world thing, ya know?


They are adding features to the core product. It's just that the core product is changing. This one more little slice of RL being shoehorned in to SL. I'm sure it's useful to some people, but probably not as many that LL thinks. After all they say in the blog that 50% of residents use voice every day, I doubt the accuracy of that number.
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05-20-2009 08:53
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Geeze...I already have more IMs and chat than I can handle. Why would I want to take calls from RL TOO? :confused:


Amen Lindal~!!! :p LOL
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05-20-2009 08:59
bleh, anything to do with voice in SL is about as welcome as cooties to me.
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05-20-2009 09:08
Great, now my avatar is going to run up a huge phone bill. :p
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05-20-2009 09:37
Glad I don't use voice.

HOW ABOUT AN IM-XMPP GATEWAY?

What's wrong with it? It would be easy, efficient, portable, compatible with everything, cheap to implement, and provide a much better solution than the "SLIM" abomination.
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05-20-2009 10:37
From: Brenda Connolly
After all they say in the blog that 50% of residents use voice every day, I doubt the accuracy of that number.


I think that number is as reliable as the "umpity-million residents" number, and could well include everyone who had it on, but does not or can not use it. Many in the WAs, for example, have it on by default and do not even realize it. I keep it on to hear what is being said around me, but opt to only get on mic very rarely.
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05-20-2009 10:51
I don't want more voice.

Now if LL could work out how to do RL TP requests...*that* is a project I could get behind. :D
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05-20-2009 11:57
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I don't want more voice.

Now if LL could work out how to do RL TP requests...*that* is a project I could get behind. :D
You oughta start a JIRA on that one.
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Rhaorth Antonelli
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05-20-2009 12:35
you guys make it sound like they are forcing you to use this new voice feature...
(I remember all the same comments when they came out with voice, and windlight.. and all the other newness heh)

I just finished reading through the info, and first we have to activatly request a number, then we must give that number to people to be able to call us, along with the RL number they have to call to be able to route to our number.

So no telemarketers no unwanted calls, nothing.. just do not get a number, and if you do... don't give it to anyone heh
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05-20-2009 12:41
From: Melita Magic
Great, now my avatar is going to run up a huge phone bill. :p


Actually....yeah

"Yes, for now. AvaLine is free of charge for this limited public beta of 1,000 phone numbers and access codes. We plan to charge a small amount for this feature in the future."

https://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=4417&task=knowledge&questionID=6316
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05-20-2009 12:59
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Great, now my avatar is going to run up a huge phone bill. :p


Well a few localities are going to get a good deal, I get free national calls on the weekend and they have a London number so it shouldn't be bad at all.

If you're in the UK remember that this: # is also a pound sign, so if you're looking to leave a voicemail when the recorded voice tells you to press the pound sign don't go looking for this: £
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05-20-2009 14:50
From: Rhaorth Antonelli
you guys make it sound like they are forcing you to use this new voice feature...
(I remember all the same comments when they came out with voice, and windlight.. and all the other newness heh)

I just finished reading through the info, and first we have to activatly request a number, then we must give that number to people to be able to call us, along with the RL number they have to call to be able to route to our number.

So no telemarketers no unwanted calls, nothing.. just do not get a number, and if you do... don't give it to anyone heh


Nah we're just having a bit of fun with it. But it is a case of LL waving some big shiny in front of people saying "Oohh look what we are giving you guys", which may be useful, but is hardly something most users can't live without, while other more pressing issues get ignored. It's a distraction, sort of like when the President tells us we are getting $6 more a week in our paycheck while your Governor takes $10 a week more from you. And it also shows LL's refocusing on business oriented uses for SL, the Corporate crowd who have earpieces permanently attached to their heads, and panic when no bars come up on the cell phone screens :p
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05-20-2009 15:08
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and panic when no bars come up on the cell phone screens :p
My cellphone doesn't have a GPS so it can't tell me where bars are. :(
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05-20-2009 15:10
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Nah we're just having a bit of fun with it. But it is a case of LL waving some big shiny in front of people saying "Oohh look what we are giving you guys", which may be useful, but is hardly something most users can't live without, while other more pressing issues get ignored. It's a distraction, sort of like when the President tells us we are getting $6 more a week in our paycheck while your Governor takes $10 a week more from you. And it also shows LL's refocusing on business oriented uses for SL, the Corporate crowd who have earpieces permanently attached to their heads, and panic when no bars come up on the cell phone screens :p


oh not disagreeing, just seeing a pattern

for the record I got one of the numbers, but only 3 ppl have it so far LOL

(looks like it would be more of a hassle than worth, although in the case of one of those people it might be a lifeline)

my SL daughter got into a RL accident, she was hit by a car while riding her bike, she survived but is hurt pretty bad, is home, on crutches etc, not gonna be in SL much, however I gave her the number so if she wants to call me she can (she doesn't have my RL number and we never exchanged skype because we used SL voice)
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