VoIP (voice over internet protocol)

VoIP (voice over internet protocol)

1. Skype

   • Advantages
     • Quick
     • Free
     • instant
     • Can talk to people anywhere in the world
   • Disadvantages
     • Sometimes laggy
     • Not everyone has acess to them
     • Some Older people may not be able to use it
   • What is Skype
     • Skype is for doing things together, whenever you’re apart. Skype’s text, voice and video make it simple to share experiences with the people that matter to you, wherever they are.

2. Facetime

   • Advantages
     • Instant
     • Quick
     • Free
     • Can Talk globally
   • What Is Facetime
     • FaceTime takes advantage of a digital camera on these devices that faces the user to allow for video calls. It shows the caller to the receiver of the call, and vice versa. Calls can be made between any FaceTime compatible devices, i.e. from iPhone to Mac, from iPad to iPod touch.
   • Disadvantages
     • Sometimes they can lag!
     • Not everyone can acess them
     • Some older people may not be able to acess them

3. oovo

   • Advantages
     • its free!
     • Its quick!
     • You can chat instantly!
     • You can talk to people globally around the world
   • Disadvantages
     • Not everyone has acess to a computer or phone
     • Sometimes can be laggy
     • Some elderly people may not be able to acess this!
   • What is oovo?
     • ooVoo is a proprietary video chat and instant messaging client developed by ooVoo LLC for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Android and iOS. It was released in 2007, and is similar to Microsoft's Skype and Apple's FaceTime.

4. Omeagle

   • Advantages
     • Instant
     • Quick
     • Free
     • Can talk to people globally
   • Disadvantages
     • Sometimes can be laggy
     • Not everyone can acess this
     • Some older people may not be able to work this
   • What is omeagle
     • Omegle is a free online chat website that allows users to communicate with strangers without registering. The service randomly pairs users in one-on-one chat sessions where they chat anonymously using the handles

5. How VOIP works

   • 1st You speek into a microphone that is connected to a sound card
   • 2nd The sound card has an 'Analogue-to-Digital converter' that translates your speech into a digital stream
   • 3rd That data is given a destination address and off it goes like any other data stream.
   • 4th The receiving computer has the right VOIP software to convert the incoming data back into speech

6. Equipment needed for VoIP

   • Microphone
   • Webcam
   • Keyboard
   • Phone compurer ipod /laptop

7. Questions

   • what is meant by VOIP ? VoIP means voice over internet proocol
   • What services does VoIP offer?...Three way calls to anywhere in the world,Free Video calling,Send files
   • Which company offers VoIP services? Google.
   • Layla would like to use VoIP on her netbook to keep in touch with her cousin in Canada. Webcam Microphone