Omega-TI Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 I don't normally play around with this sort of thing, but it occurs to me that while beta testing something, or for walking someone through something, a voice chat option would sure be nice to use in addition to Atari Age. Since it's not something we would all use on a regular basis, I'm wondering if there are any free or public license versions available for the PC. If we all had the same utility, we could 'hop on chat' once in a while we are cruising A.A. Just an idea.... P.S. I'm not talking about some mega-commercial software like Skype. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 maybe TeamSpeak is an option here ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Many free options to go with for this. I am surprised we do not have Facebook meetings on the TI groups here or other sites. https://www.facebook.com/help/439078162792430/ We could actually set up a 24 hour day LINK that you could jump into. Odd that you do not see this everywhere with today's tech, and even more odd that TEXTING is more popular. It is like everyone wants to go back 40 years in computer tech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I want to rant about texting, and how it just works, but mostly texting just works, and that is why people rely on it. Everything else has proven to have presence issues. But that is off topic a bit. It is just that voice chat, video chat, apps all fall back on having IM chat capability. It seems like Google Hangouts is what Omega is looking for. All the necessary features are free. Skype is free to use for all of these purposes as well. Including group sessions now too. Those are both excellent programs that both support things like screen sharing as well. ( it's video quality screen sharing, so not usually pixel perfect unless your bandwidth is high ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 It is like everyone wants to go back 40 years in computer tech. Like some people who use our computers? But in all seriousness, older technology tends to be very resilient. To your example, in most networks text messaging is part of the client-tower communication protocol, so it is something that should always work even when calls or data cannot. Resilient, easy to use, and does not require anything special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I keep meaning to try Google Hangouts. Skype has been my personal standby for some years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 I keep meaning to try Google Hangouts. Skype has been my personal standby for some years now. I might have to give it a try myself... never used it. Are we gonna have to come up with a 'hangout' name first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I keep meaning to try Google Hangouts. Skype has been my personal standby for some years now. always on skype and it forwards to my google voice if i'm not home google voice is also connected to hangouts arcadeshopper on both Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 . yes, skype is good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegadot Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 For what its worth at work we officially use Skype but I fall back to hangouts an awful lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I'd like to try Hangouts but Google user interfaces are easily the worst in the world. I have a Google+ app on my phone and it's an utter mystery, hence I don't use it. Skype works, despite continuous tweaks and pointless changes for no reason by Microsoft! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith99er Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Go with Skype. I actually sell Skype for Business for a living, but that version is way overkill for this (ain't free) but normal Skype is and is well used. Plus I'm anti-Google 'cause of my job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Skype = proprietary closed protocol, outdated Linux client If I had to choose, I'd go for Hangouts. Well, apart from the fact that I don't like voice chats anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegadot Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I'd like to try Hangouts but Google user interfaces are easily the worst in the world. I have a Google+ app on my phone and it's an utter mystery, hence I don't use it. Skype works, despite continuous tweaks and pointless changes for no reason by Microsoft! My wife's phone updated and the shape buttons are just a source of confusion for me. Google can't seem to nail down immediately useable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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