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MediaRing Talk
™
With MediaRing Talk, you can literally call somebody half a world away without worrying
about exorbitant phone charges. MediaRing Talk uses sophisticated patent “knocking”
technology to call the other party’s PC or phone. The party you are calling does not need to be
connected to the Internet. That means you don’t have to waste time pre-scheduling Internet
phone conversations. In addition to making Internet phone calls, MediaRing Talk also lets you
leave voice messages and engage in text chat.
In addition, if you are a Sound Blaster Live! user, you can use Creative VoicePersonas, a feature
incorporated into MediaRing Talk that allows you to disguise or distort your voice. This cool
feature leverages on Sound Blaster Live! powerful audio processing technology to provide you
with a range of VoicePersonas such as Chipmunk, Male to Female, or Female to Male.
Microsoft
®
NetMeeting
®
Microsoft NetMeeting is a voice communications client that includes support for international
conferencing standards and provides true multi-user application sharing and data conferencing
capabilities.
It supports one-way or two-way video-conferencing, so your friends can see you even if they do
not have a camera. Audio-only conversations and text chats are also supported. Two or more
users can collaborate on a document, doodle on a whiteboard, or even share any Windows
application in real-time over the Internet or a corporate intranet.
Microsoft Internet
Explorer
Microsoft Internet Explorer is an Internet browser that features ActiveX technology, so web
pages can combine interactive ActiveX Controls, Java applets, and more to create interactive
content. ActiveMovie technology allows you to view multimedia content on the web, including
MPEG audio and video.
