Hearing Voices?
Matthew X
profrv at nex.net.au
Mon Sep 2 00:58:45 PDT 2002
Hearing voices
By Bennett Ring
August 30 2002
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Text has so far done a good job of communicating our thoughts across the
Internet, via Web pages, chat rooms, instant messaging and message boards,
but lacks the immediacy, tone and personal touch of speech. It also
requires the user to type fluently. That's where VOIP (Voice Over Internet
Protocol) applications are handy.
VOIP applications, known as voice comms, became popular in the PC online
gaming world, where they are still used. Playing with (or against) human
beings is one thing, but being able to scream orders and/or taunts at them
is better. Team-based games benefit especially; before voice comms, the
team leader had to bash out instructions on the keyboard. Once voice comms
are set up it's as simple as hitting the transmit key and speaking.
One of the largest uses for the technology is as a substitute for the
telephone, especially among those who make lots of interstate and
international calls. Why spend serious money on an international call when
you can chat for hours at a cost of a local phone call to your ISP? MORE ON
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/29/1030508096466.html
Wired magazine shelled out for Declans call to me last year,It's so much
cheaper online,the only thing is the 1 second sattelite gap.It's a bit like
ham radio,I used it to call my sister in NZ.
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