rec.autos.simulators

by **Tony Jeste** » Tue, 18 Jul 2000 04:00:00

I saw the Firetalk link on the VROC site. Do many people use it? My wife
and kids are in Europe for 3 weeks, I'm in the US. The good news is I have
unlimited GPL time (got almost 3 seconds of my Mosport time last night :)
but the bad news is I miss 'em a lot and talking for free sounds like a
pretty good deal. They have internet access. Will it work?

-Tony-

by **Jason Mond** » Tue, 18 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Firetalk provides very good voice quality over the 'net. Your voice is heard
in real-time too, so you don't have to talk, wait for transmission, then the
other person talks ... Whoever wants to talk, just press the "talk" button and
go. It will be greyed out for the other person, so they have to wait for you
to finish.

The quick version is get it :-)

Jason.

> I saw the Firetalk link on the VROC site. Do many people use it? My wife
> and kids are in Europe for 3 weeks, I'm in the US. The good news is I have
> unlimited GPL time (got almost 3 seconds of my Mosport time last night :)
> but the bad news is I miss 'em a lot and talking for free sounds like a
> pretty good deal. They have internet access. Will it work?

> -Tony-

--
Jason Monds
http://www.proracingclub.com - Pro Racing Club! (N3, GPL)
http://members.home.net/stuff.mondsj/csp - Car Sim Project
(Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

by **Dave St.Ong** » Tue, 18 Jul 2000 04:00:00

We use it in our n3 league for pre-race info and for post race comments....I
love the program....

Dave

> Firetalk provides very good voice quality over the 'net. Your voice is
heard
> in real-time too, so you don't have to talk, wait for transmission, then
the
> other person talks ... Whoever wants to talk, just press the "talk"
button and
> go. It will be greyed out for the other person, so they have to wait for
you
> to finish.

> The quick version is get it :-)

> Jason.

> > I saw the Firetalk link on the VROC site. Do many people use it? My
wife
> > and kids are in Europe for 3 weeks, I'm in the US. The good news is I
have
> > unlimited GPL time (got almost 3 seconds of my Mosport time last night
:)
> > but the bad news is I miss 'em a lot and talking for free sounds like a
> > pretty good deal. They have internet access. Will it work?

> > -Tony-

> --
> Jason Monds
> http://www.proracingclub.com - Pro Racing Club! (N3, GPL)
> http://members.home.net/stuff.mondsj/csp - Car Sim Project
> (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

by **SKur** » Tue, 18 Jul 2000 04:00:00

http://www.go2call.com/

try that page too, u can call a phone from your pc over the net and get free
long distance to some european countries

Martyn_D

Never tried it htough..

> I saw the Firetalk link on the VROC site. Do many people use it? My wife
> and kids are in Europe for 3 weeks, I'm in the US. The good news is I have
> unlimited GPL time (got almost 3 seconds of my Mosport time last night :)
> but the bad news is I miss 'em a lot and talking for free sounds like a
> pretty good deal. They have internet access. Will it work?

> -Tony-

by **m.seer** » Wed, 19 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Firetalk works fine Tony but why bother.

Microsoft Net Meeting does exactly the same job and is standard with
windows.

MS

by **Mike Barlo** » Wed, 19 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Yes, Firetalk works quite well and is free. There are many other voice
applications, too many to list here, but out of those that I tested, Fire
Talk seems to be the best.

>I saw the Firetalk link on the VROC site. Do many people use it? My wife
>and kids are in Europe for 3 weeks, I'm in the US. The good news is I have
>unlimited GPL time (got almost 3 seconds of my Mosport time last night :)
>but the bad news is I miss 'em a lot and talking for free sounds like a
>pretty good deal. They have internet access. Will it work?

>-Tony-