VOIP

Voice Over Internet Protocol

is a method of digitising your voice, sending it over the Internet, and turning it into sound at the other end.

You don't need dedicated telephone lines, just an Internet connection, and a computer with a sound card and a head set (or microphone plus speakers). It costs the same to talk to Melbourne or Maynooth.

We used Skype VOIP between Belfast, Maynooth and Letterkenny to plan our research. We have even used it between Vermont and our workshop in Armagh, to hear Lars Hasselblad Torres talk about the work of AmericaSpeaks and their 21st Century City Meetings.

MSN/Windows Messenger

Skype(VoIP)

Gizmo(VoIP)

• Talk to other people over Internet using client software - VoIP
• Gizmo Project
• Google Talk
• OpenWengo
• palTalk
• Skype
• VoipBuster
• Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger)
• Yahoo Messenger