[TriLUG] VOIP soft phone help.

Thomas Gardner tmg at pobox.com
Mon Aug 20 16:01:47 EDT 2012


OK, thank you.

tg.

On 8/20/12, Jim Ray <jim at neuse.net> wrote:
> I get pretty good mileage off a Logitech WebCam with built-in mic and switch
> over to Logitech headset if feedback is a problem.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 20, 2012, at 11:21 AM, "Tim Jowers" <timjowers at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Oh,
>>
>>  I was just preparing for an interview and wanted to see what devices
>> worked well with the sound and video.
>>
>> :-)
>> Tim
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Jim Ray <jim at neuse.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Skype works great for me. Echo from two devices in bedroom sounds like
>>> acoustic feedback loop that would, indeed, necessitate headset/mic.
>>>
>>> Just curious: why would two devices in same room need to communicate
>>> over Skype?
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> Behalf Of Tim Jowers
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>>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] VOIP soft phone help.
>>>
>>> Yeah, Skype is REALLY bad about echo when you have a call between two
>>> devices in my bedroom. Skype won't work unless the talkers all use
>>> headphones I think. Got me curious how well BT headsets would work in
>>> the same close proximity scenario.
>>>
>>> Interesting problem,
>>> Tim
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack at wm7d.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 18 Aug 2012, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
>>>>
>>>> yes, multitasking by microphone rather than process.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> preemptive multitasking. You'll have to ask a Mac user group - we
>>>> don't know anything about it here :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Joe
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