WORLDMIKEL withTalkShoe, Gizmo5 and SIPOur WORLDMIKEL Skypecast refugeeshave washed ashore and pitched a tent at TalkShoe. After some relatively good success and the help of Englishka, Samuel, Jellybean and others, we've become gifted amateurs at how to connect and get some reasonable sound quality on TalkShoe. You can easily come to listen from this address: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/26635 To participate and assure you'll be heard with reasonable audio quality, you should use the following directions to install a SIP client. This assumes that you've installed "TalkShoe Live Pro" here: http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/tscmd/download/1 which should be self-explanatory. The "Shoe Phone" inside the "TalkShoe Live Pro" window doesn't work so well. The text chat and other functions work well enough, but for voice, that part lacks quality. To workaround this, we've had success installing a SIP VOIP program. Get Gizmo5 for Windows (links to getting Mac and Linux): http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Gizmo_Project_for_Windows/1124733526/1 Install it. Tada_Kouji has created some great instructions here: http://sky.geocities.jp/new_japan_first/page003.html After you have it installed, click "EDIT" at the top of the main window. Select "OPTIONS" and then "Advanced" on the new panel that pops up. "DTMF Tones" are in the default as "Automatic". You'll want to choose "In-band", then click "OK". To call-in to the TalkShoe cast, click the Dialpad tab to have the Keypad accessible. Then put this string in the blank next to the telephone icons: sip:talkshoe@66.212.134.192 When they answer, they'll want you to dial-in the "CALL ID" and the "#". The current CALL ID for the cast would be put in like this: 26635# Then they'll ask for your TalkShoe 10-digit PIN number that you gave to TalkShoe when you downloaded and installed "TalkShoe Live Pro". You enter that followed by the "#" and you're connected to the cast. Each time you come to dial-in to the webcast through Gizmo5, it would be a good idea to reset the DTMF Tones to "In-band". It doesn't seem to hold the setting after you close the program. This is a little complicated, but it is still not brain surgery or rocket science. It appears to be worth the effort to install it. You could also try SJ Phone, Shi has good instructions here: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=354718423&blogID=438485178 Another Skypecast refugee has posted detailed directions and links
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