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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/7
- Date added: January 05, 2010
- Total Downloads: 20,165
- Downloads last week: 210
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 19 votes
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Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on July 15, 2009
What if Digsby and Skype merged into one seemingly all-powerful VoIP and messaging communications tool is the question that VoxOx seeks to answer. VoxOx's many features have not yet been seen in one package, and version 2 of the program introduces even more features. Whether their execution suits your needs may be another matter.
VoxOx 2 offers all that came before, and more. It's got multi-protocol chat, social networking support, and Web mail integration. It also offers a telephony service that includes call encryption, mobile-to-mobile calls initiated by either SMS or via a Web site. New in this version are a free personal assistant for recording, forwarding, routing, and screening calls, inbound and outbound fax management, Facebook and MySpace IM support, a reworked contact manager that attempts to merge your contacts from their disparate sources, and stronger back-end support. Users have been promised that new servers can handle the workload asked of them.
You can share files up to 100MB via an internally-generated download link that can then be shared via e-mail or instant message. This is different from the direct support of most IM clients, but that file size bump is hard to ignore. There's mobile access, too, for those who use a mobile browser, iPhone, or WAP. The call quality on the Callback feature, where you initiate a long-distance or international phone call from your computer or SMS, was clear and crisp.
The Personal Assistant is the big new feature in this version, and for users who need to manage multiple phone numbers, it's a killer. You can redirect calls based on which number you want to be reached at first, and by who's calling you. You can record calls as they occur, or listen to messages as they're being recorded. You can also transfer a live call from a landline to a mobile number and not lose the call.
The interface has received an overhaul, and in general it's better. One drawback is that while many options are available from the Settings menu, not all of them are. Some you need to go to different parts of the program, such as altering IM fonts. Using VoxOx's phone features requires points, and users are given 120 points/minutes to get started. With an overwhelming feature set, VoxOx continues an uphill climb against better-known competitors or those who focus on a single feature, but it's hard to ignore the appeal of what's offered.
Publisher's description
From TelCentris :VoxOx by TelCentris is the only service that unifies all of your communication channels voice, video, IM, text, social media, e-mail, fax and content sharing into a single, intuitive interface, giving you full control of your interconnected lifestyle. VoxOx enables you to manage all of your connections and contacts holistically, requires you to give up nothing and, at the same time, provides a sophisticated global phone service for free or at low cost options. By using VoxOx, you can easily participate in virtually every electronic form of communication one at a time, simultaneously and in different combinations. Greater ease of use, especially when accessing multiple channels, will result in an ever broader adoption of these technologies, not just by Millennials and Gen-Xers, but by friends and family of all ages who are becoming overwhelmed by today's growing communications frenzy.
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- Average user rating: 3.1 stars out of 19 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: VoxOx 2.0.6
"nice concept... some prob's still to be worked"
Pros: I like having an all-in-one call/communicate package.
Cons: I've had some problems with this working correctly to initiate calls. Cost structure is not clear for LAN-line calls. Return call number is not clear/working.
Summary: Hoping this will mature and be a reliable and useful communications solution.
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Version: VoxOx 2.0.6
"ok, still haven't taken advantage of all the options"
Pros: If you use a lot of instant messengers it cool because it combines them all into one interface, though I do realize it's not the only program to do that.
Cons: It seams to have a memory leake, so after a day or so I have to shut it down & restart it.
Not all of the functions work in every messenger type. If you use skype then you have to keep skype open with VoxOx or it wont work.Summary: I haven't used all the features yet so I can't comment on all of it. I want use the voip but haven't had a need for it yet. The personal assistant thing seams cool but it seams to only be part of the voip part of the program.
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Version: VoxOx 2.0.6
"Makes chatting using diff. services very convenient!"
Pros: Easy to use.
Works well.
Small footprintCons: It needs a few minor tweaks fo=rom the default setting to make optimal.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: VoxOx 2.0.6
Pros: free phone number
Cons: cant choose area code
Summary: one of the best voip software out there
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: VoxOx 2.0.6
Pros: Interface
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Not very user friendly
No Pop up choiceSummary: Digsby is still my favorite, but VoxOx is a pretty good competitor, i guess.
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