SightSpeed, the Voice over IP (VoIP) service provider, on Monday announced the release of SightSpeed 4.5, a version of the software that runs natively on Macs equipped with Intel processors.
SightSpeed 4.5 features real-time two-way video and voice communications. The software lets you send video mail, publish video content to Web sites, locate other SightSpeed members using a directory and more. In addition to Intel support, the new 4.5 release improves privacy features.
SightSpeed 4.5 for Intel Macs has also been optimized with reduced demand on resources, according to SightSpeed CTO Aron Rosenberg.
SightSpeed offers two different plans ? a basic free account that limits video mail to 30 second lengths and video mail storage to 30 days, and a Pro service plan, priced at $4.95 per month, that adds unlimited multi party calls, extends video mail to 60 seconds, and provides storage for video mail for the life of the subscription.
Source: Peter Cohen
Mac World
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So what exactly is 'SightSpeed'?
According to their site SightSpeed is:
SightSpeed, Inc. is the leading provider of free and premium Internet video and voice communications services (VVoIP and VoIP). The SightSpeed community and software enable consumers and small businesses to make the best quality video and voice calls and to send video mail over the Internet. SightSpeed's award winning service turns a PC or Mac into an easy-to-use video phone to communicate with friends, family and colleagues around the world.
SightSpeed is easy to install, simple to use, and was designed from the ground up to deliver superior voice and video quality on everyday computers and consumer broadband connections. Unlike the instant messaging or VoIP providers that treat video as an afterthought to their other features, SightSpeed was founded around the vision of bringing easy to use, great quality video solutions to consumers. SightSpeed has continued to differentiate its services by adding rich and innovative voice and video features including integrated video mail, video conferencing, and a unique "click to call me" web address for every SightSpeed user.
SightSpeed's standard service plan is free, and premium service plans are available for the power user or for commercial use. SightSpeed's revolutionary human perception based technology is patented and based on more than eight years of research at Cornell University. SightSpeed is privately held and headquartered in Berkeley, California.
The SightSpeed 4.5 is:
I had a chance, while at ETel, to meet with Sightspeed CEO Peter Csathy. Sightspeed is one of the leaders in video conferencing applications for the PC, and ships their product in a large number of different OEM configurations.
Anyway, three weeks ago, Peter gave me a preview of what their upcoming release, Sightspeed 4.5, would look like. New UI, and a new community / public directory model, transform Sightspeed from a point to point communications tool, into a virally propagated video communications tool. Skype is trying to do this, but doesn’t have near the video quality that Sightspeed has. And that, of course, will be the big differentiator. Just as Skype disrupted the VoIP market by proving that PC to PC voice could be a quality experience, Sightspeed has the same opportunity with PC to PC video.
Sightspeed 4.5 releases today.
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Alex Saunders
