ooVoo 2.1.0.51

• License:

  Free; paid upgrade avaialable

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.0 stars (out of 37 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  124,205

• Operating Systems:

  Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000

• Additional Requirements:

  Webcam and Headset

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  June 21, 2009

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version ooVoo 2.0.0.94 ooVoo 2.0.0.86 ooVoo 1.7.1.59 ooVoo 1.7.1.35 ooVoo 1.5.1.85 ooVoo 1.5.1.97 ooVoo 1.5.1.85 ooVoo 1.1.0.5 ooVoo 1.1.0.1 ooVoo 1.1.0.3 ooVoo 1.1.0.1 oovoo 1.0.3.43

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Publisher's description of ooVoo

ooVoo is changing the way people communicate and connect online with its high-quality video and audio and multi-user capabilities that allow up to six people to talk face-to-face with each other at the same time. Using ooVoo is easy and fun, all consumers need is a computer, a broadband connection and a Web camera. In addition, ooVoo offers video messaging to an email or another ooVoo account, text messaging, and file sharing.

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Editor's review of ooVoo

• 4.0 stars

• "Chat and conference"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: ooVoo 2.1.0.51

ooVoo is an iChat-like video conferencing and chat tool for Windows, loaded with useful, powerful tools that make it a viable alternative for small work groups using conference calls and screen-sharing applications.

A recording feature lets users tape video chats with other participants. Since the video and audio are being recorded to the hard drive, the only time limit is how much free space the computer's hard drive has. In testing, a nearly 15-minute, four-way video conversation only took up 95MB, which ooVoo can convert into a workable FLV file.

A conference calling tool gives host and participants a phone number to call. Other ooVoo users who call this conference line get plugged right into the audio that's a part of the video chat, and just like the video recordings, this audio gets archived too. Call-in lines support up to six people, meaning users can have up to a dozen participants--including those on the video side. Note that this service isn't free. An optional companion for ooVoo's video player can be used for screen sharing or file sharing, and fun facial overlay tool that applies digital masks either to users faces or to backgrounds. High-quality video streams are also supported.

Two qualms with the service are the audio quality, which sounded a little too compressed, and delays in the datastream of about a second or more. Besides being annoying, it can really force a heated debate to grind to a halt. Overall, ooVoo makes for a strong alternative to other VoIP and conferencing software.

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• 4 stars

  Version: ooVoo 2.1.0.51

  "Forget Skype! this one is better"

  by edwardsmark on June 29, 2009

  Pros: Having used several messengers including yahoo, skype, siteSpeed, etc, i have to say that only Oovoo got it right!
  
  what is most impressive is that only Oovoo gets the audio/video in sync.

  Cons: 1) why do we really need another browser toolbar auto-installed?
  
  2) there is some special super 3d accerator mode that had to be turned off on all of my computers in order to work properly. no big deal, but why not make that a right-click option?

  Summary: in spite of the toolbar and the 3d, i have to say that Oovoo beats the rest by far!
  
  we use Oovoo for professional voice and speech evaluation, and only Oovoo delivers.

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