FishSpeak
voice communication without bells and whistles
- Freeware, no registration, no malware
- No installation required and -portable
- Constant resource usage of the client, no matter the number of users
- Selectable bandwidth usage on the client for in- and outgoing data (2-6KB/s)
- User-based or server-wide authentication
- Data-encryption
- Global Hotkeys (incl. Push-To-Talk and Push-To-Mute)
- Low resource usage (CPU, memory, bandwidth, screen-estate[!])
- Cross-platform (FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X (Intel & PowerPC*), Windows)
- Server can run in GUI or CLI mode (-CLI) and as windows service (-installSVC)
- Highly parallelized server to support multiple cores
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Usage tips
Using and configuring FishSpeak from the command line may be a daunting task for some.
By exploiting the operating system's capabilities in combination with the ability to use configuration files for FishSpeak nice and user friendly interaction can be achieved.
First of all, you can always use shell-scripts/batch-files or links for every server you want to connect to.
Another way of starting is to create a configuration file for every server and link the used file extension (e.g. .fsc) to the FishSpeak application.
By including -connect in those links or configuration files you can simply start and connect to a server with a single double-click, while maintaining full freedom on how to organize your server configurations. It can't get much simpler than that.
> For more information read the manual.
OS requirements
- Windows: XP SP2 or newer (incl. Vista and Seven)
- Mac OS X: 10.5 or newer*
- FreeBSD & Linux: libstdc++.so.6, OpenAL-Soft (client only), libX11 (not required for server running in CLI-mode)
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* OS X on PowerPC: I've been told that FishSpeak works as expected on a PowerPC, but I don't have access to a PowerPC Mac for testing and debugging myself, hence it's not officially supported, but available for your pleasure anyway.
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