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 | =Overview=
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 | Third party voice chat clients allow players to communicate in real time using a microphone and headphones.  By using this kind of technology, it can free up a user's hands to continue the battle.  There are many software applications that support voice chat.
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 | =Vendors=
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 | == XFire ==
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 | [http://www.xfire.com/ XFire] is a Windows only chat client.  The software is targeted at games.  It provides in-game Instant Messaging to other XFire users.  It also has voice chat capabilities.  Recent versions of BZFlag 2.0.9 have some support for XFire, namely the in-game IM.
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 | == TeamSpeak ==
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 | [http://www.goteamspeak.com/ TeamSpeak]
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 | == Ventrilo ==
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 | [http://www.ventrilo.com/ Ventrilo]
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 | ==Skype==
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 | [http://www.skype.com/ Skype] may only be used by users with a larger bandwith due to [http://www.skype.com/ Skype] calls having a rather high quality.
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 | ==Mumble==
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 | Free and open source, http://mumble.sourceforge.net/
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