Re: FN-FORUM: Webcam/Voice Capabilities

date posted 26th July 2005 21:56

*Try these guys..... http://www.camstreams.com/

This is taken from thier about us page....

Daz..

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Tam Denholm wrote:

>>A real cheap and accessible way to add voice to a web site is to put a
>>Skype-Me link on it. But maybe your client has something else in mind.
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>Yeh they're wanting a "run from the browser" thing. Anyone else got any clues?
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>Tam Denholm
>www.dreadlabs.com
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