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Shirley Meiji
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Join date: 8 Mar 2005
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04-01-2006 19:53
My husband can't use his eyes much for the next 3-6 months. I've heard of a lot of different voice programs people are using (TeamSpeak and Skype come to mind). Is there any one preferred by SLers more than the others?
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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Join date: 22 Dec 2003
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04-01-2006 20:33
Ventrilo seemed to work alright when I tried it, the installation was easy enough and the program worked right as soon as I set it up correctly.
Skype works fine, I haven't used it in connection with SL, though. Does he have some people in mind to use whatever voice chat he decides to use, or will he be content speaking with whoever is using a voice system? There is, unfortunately, no text to voice for SL chat, unfortunately. _____________________
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TacoTacoBurrito11ONE Queso
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Join date: 11 Mar 2005
Posts: 45
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04-01-2006 20:37
pure personal choice. having not used a VOIP program before, id suggest you start with one like teamspeak or ventrilo
i have used both for a number of years. you cannot go wrong with either. i know people swear by skype, while i have no personal experience with it, im sure its a fine choice as well |
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Shirley Meiji
Moxie Drinker
Join date: 8 Mar 2005
Posts: 165
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04-01-2006 20:53
Ventrilo seemed to work alright when I tried it, the installation was easy enough and the program worked right as soon as I set it up correctly. Skype works fine, I haven't used it in connection with SL, though. Does he have some people in mind to use whatever voice chat he decides to use, or will he be content speaking with whoever is using a voice system? There is, unfortunately, no text to voice for SL chat, unfortunately. No, he doesn't have anyone in particular in mind to chat with. Mostly he's bummed to be cut off from the world of SL for what will likely be a few months, and I want to install a voice program so he can at least talk with some other people (besides just me) who share his interest in SL. Thanks for the voice program suggestions.  |
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Shirley Meiji
Moxie Drinker
Join date: 8 Mar 2005
Posts: 165
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04-01-2006 20:55
pure personal choice. having not used a VOIP program before, id suggest you start with one like teamspeak or ventrilo i have used both for a number of years. you cannot go wrong with either. i know people swear by skype, while i have no personal experience with it, im sure its a fine choice as well Thanks |
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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Join date: 22 Dec 2003
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04-01-2006 21:02
The text to speech system that comes with Windows XP can be made to read the text within the mIRC client with no real problem, this can be a good way to stay in touch with the SL world by listening to the #secondlife IRC channel. This can be runing in the background while SL is running and presumably while a voice chat program is running also.
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FlipperPA Peregrine
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Join date: 14 Nov 2003
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04-02-2006 09:21
We (Indigo Crew) have rented a Ventrilo server that can have up to 20 concurrent users connected. Anyone is free to use it; just IM me in world for the connection information. I'll ever set you up private rooms if you want!
Pathfinder also has one set up for the educators group. Regards, -Flip _____________________
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Ron Overdrive
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Join date: 10 Jul 2005
Posts: 1,002
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04-02-2006 10:48
We at Club 69 Radio use TeamSpeak ourselves. We've tried to use Skype, but Skype seems to be a resourse hog like SL when it comes to bandwith because it causes us to buffer (what happens when you hear a chunk of a song repeat itself) when on air so we stuck to Teamspeak.
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Al Kaiser
Registered User
Join date: 19 Nov 2005
Posts: 42
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04-02-2006 11:15
We (Indigo Crew) have rented a Ventrilo server that can have up to 20 concurrent users connected. Anyone is free to use it; just IM me in world for the connection information. I'll ever set you up private rooms if you want! Pathfinder also has one set up for the educators group. Regards, -Flip The Galaxy crew has Ventrilo as well and would also offer to set up a private room for you. Just IM me in world. Hope your husband gets better soon. Al |
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Cristiano Midnight
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Join date: 17 May 2003
Posts: 8,616
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04-02-2006 11:26
Um, I am a crew of one, so I guess I can't say the SLU Crew, but SLuniverse has a Teamspeak server available - you can find out details at http://www.sluniverse.com/voice/ .
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Burke Prefect
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Join date: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 2,785
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04-02-2006 17:33
Um, I am a crew of one, so I guess I can't say the SLU Crew, but SLuniverse has a Teamspeak server available - you can find out details at http://www.sluniverse.com/voice/ . How expensive/hard is it to install that on one server for private use? |