Download ooVoo 3.5.1.70

Softworld editor's review - 2011-07-12

Powerful and easy to use video conferencing and IM client

ooVoo is a chat and video conferencing tool. The program installs very fast and when this is finished in order to use the application you need to create an account.

Just like the install procedure this doesn't take long. This is a pretty easy and painless process. When the program starts a window will appear in which you will be able to check your audio and video quality, invite or video call your friends.

The main interface of the program looks great. Beside that it is also very nice organized with all the functions being extremely accessible.

To add contacts into ooVoo is extremely easy. Just press the icon which looks like a V. Here you will be able to Add a friend or Invite your friends. You can add contacts by entering your friend's ID, display name or email address.

Invite your friends is without a doubt a very cool option.

Basically you can invite the people that you know from various networks such as Facebook, Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, AIM etc.

To make a call you just have to press on the phone icon. You can talk with people from various parts of this world. You have available a phone book to store all of your numbers and call history.

Next you can choose to engage in a video call with your friends that are not on ooVoo and invite your Skype friends to a video call.

Under the user icon you can check out the video messages history, call history, the files that you have received from others, phone book,  recorded files and text chat history.

ooVoo as an instant messaging client allows you to change your status ranging from busy to invisible and to enter a status message.

A very cool option that the program has is the fact that it allows you to easily import contacts. To do this just press on the blue arrow located at the bottom in the left corner.

You can choose to import contacts from a wide variety of networks including Lycos Mail, Windows Mail, Gmail, America Online and Yahoo.

Now lets take a look at the general menu located at the top of the main window. By clicking on File you can edit your account, change status or language etc.

In File you also have the Settings field. Here you can make various modifications to your net connection, camera, audio devices, sounds, emails, video messages and many others.

Right next to File you have Contacts. As you can probably guess here you can add or import contacts, invite friends and manage your friends list.

In Actions basically you have available all the main functions of the program: start a video call, enter a video chat room, start text chat, send files etc.

In case you have troubles in using this program there is available an extensive Help section.

I have to say that ooVoo is an impressive program. You have a very nice interface, accessible and easy to use controls, excellent text and video chat features and on top of that you can import contacts from a wide variety of networks.

Good:

-top notch interface
-easy to use
-you can important contacts and invite people from various networks
-possibility to engage in video calls with Skype friends
-great video and text chat features
-lots of settings available

Bad:

-none

Version 3.0.4.38 reviewed on: 12 Jul 2011

Publisher's description

ooVoo offers the ability to video chat face-to-face with family and friends, anytime and anywhere. With ooVoo you can have free video chats one-to-one, or have a group video chat with up to 6 people at once!

ooVoo can be set up extremely easy – all you need to get started video chatting is a webcam. You’ll look and sound your best with ooVoo’s high quality audio and video, unsurpassed by the competition.

ooVoo Video Features

• -Up to 6 participants in a call
• -Import your contacts from IM, social network, email and more
• -Record and send video messages
• -Change your view to Full Screen mode
• -Record and store audio and video calls
• -Text chat and share files

ooVoo makes it easy to stay in touch with your contacts with video chat software compatible with PC, Mac and mobile devices.

If your friend doesn’t have ooVoo, you can have a free browser-based chat with them by sending your unique Web Video Call link through email, IM or through your favorite social networking. In a single click, your friend joins you in a live online video chat on their browser – all they need is a web camera and an internet connection. This unique functionality gives you the freedom to talk to your contacts quickly, without any downloads. Even if your friend doesn’t have a video camera, you can still have a 1-way video chat and hear your friend’s voice over IP.

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