..on Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 08:05:00PM +0545, Nathan of Guardian wrote: > On 12/27/2012 06:29 PM, David Gessel wrote: > > A minor semantic quibble, but "push-to-talk(1)" is "walkie talkie" mode > > that typically implies "live," "instant," and "synchronous" communications > > with the caveat that it is historically half duplex which remains useful in > > high-noise situations. > > > > "Push Voice" would imply push notifications indicating the availability of > > stored audio files probably containing voice data (voice store and forward > > (2)). > I am definitely talking about Push-to-Talk. > > What is interesting about the shift from VoIP to Push-to-talk is that > half duplex over TCP (PTT) is insanely easier to implement than full > duplex over UDP (VoIP).
Excellent point to foreground. Sends me daydreaming about WebRTC and a <talk> tag: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/09/full-webrtc-support-is-soon-coming-to-a-web-browser-near-you/ Cheers, -- Julian Oliver http://julianoliver.com http://criticalengineering.org -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech