*TeamSpeak* allows you to chat and interact with your friends while playing
online games. Although many games feature a chat tool that allows you to
exchange messages with other players, typing while trying to stay alive in
the game can be really annoying! Voice chat is much easier and faster than
writing messages on a tiny chat window. One of the best options for voice
communications in multiplayer online games is TeamSpeak. TeamSpeak comes in
two separate applications - one to be used as a *server and the other as a
client*. You can therefore have your own private TeamSpeak server installed
at home, which allows you to talk to your friends while playing with them in
an absolutely private, secure environment. As the server administrator, you
have the right to create and delete user accounts, set different privileges
for each one of them, ban any given user or password protect the access to
the server, just to mention a few. As for the client application, it's very
easy to use. Just enter the required connection data (server address,
nickname and password if needed) and you're done. You can either enter the IP
address of your own private server or use any of the hundreds of public
TeamSpeak servers available on the Internet, which you can conveniently
browse directly from your client. Both TeamSpeak server and client feature a
simple, straightforward design that, in all honesty, could be improved a lot.
The program's interface is just too basic: a bare window with no graphic
elements at all and quite schematic menus that make you think something has
been left out. On the positive side, the program uses few system resources
and the voice quality is excellent. Also, you'll find some interesting
settings in the program's configuration menu, such as the option to adjust
its bandwidth usage or the option to activate the microphone only when you
speak, though this may be a little tricky to configure at first sight.
*Needless to say, you can use TeamSpeak with any online game you play, as
it's a totally independent application. So next time you meet your friends
online to play, forget about messy written conversations right in the middle
of a crucial battle and move on to TeamSpeak. You'll enjoy the game a lot
more.*Download *TeamSpeak Client 3.0.8.1* in Softonic
