Voice Test Team

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This page is to be edited and kept up to date by the Voice Test Team currently staffing Orientation Island 15.

Voice Test Team Stats

TO BE ADDED AFTER WEEK 1

Diary

Please record your strategies for the day along with your efforts and observations below (please put the date after each entry).

SAMPLE: I greeted residents by singing a song. -- Kurz Linden, Monday, July 16, 2007, noon-5pm

July 18, 2007 (Phree2Be Foxley): I guess I'm the ginnie pig. Clocked in from 4pm to about 1130pm. OI was really quiet. I only really helped one person, but the experience of helping with voice was worth it. It was really odd at first speaking instead of typing. Usually we get to think about what we say as we type and try to get just primary information out there to get new residents going. I had a 20 minute conversation with this guy that would have taken me hours to type. No more click here...did you get that...click there...did you get that...what....no...ok one more time...etc, you know the drill. Now it is practically instantaneous. Once you get voice enabled. Most of the folks at my time were spanish speaking and either did not understand me (or my babbler), or did not need the help. Anyway that's it until tomorrow. Good night.

Strategies and General Observations

Low Volume/No Volume in Windows Vista: This is a known issue with Windows Vista that affects some Second Life residents. The workaround/solution is to uninstall the audio drivers in Device Manager then reboot the system to allow Windows to reinstall the audio drivers. -- Dirk Talamasca, 12:54 AM PDT

Voice Not Working in Windows Vista: Some Second Life residents running Windows Vista cannot get SLVoice.exe to engage. The workaround/solution is to run SLVoice.exe in compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 2).

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/using-windows-vista-compatibility-mode[1] -- Dirk Talamasca, 1:11 AM PDT

Observation - Gestures and sounds interrupt voice chat. To make voice chat more enjoyable, you may disable background sounds. Pictured Below are my personal preferences while in voice chat. Simply pulling the slider controls up to a higher level later allows you to enjoy the gestures and other background sounds that you are accustomed to. Dirk Talamasca July 15th, 2007 7:51 AM PDT

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Schedule

Please note that this is only a suggested schedule. Please feel free to drop by whenever you have availability or as warranted by the number of new users on the orientation island.

Second Life Time (eastern time) 5am-9am (8am-noon) 9am-noon (noon-3pm) noon-5pm (3pm-8pm) 5pm-8pm (8pm-11pm) After 8pm (after 11pm) - see note below
Monday Evie, Master Taylaa, Yankee, Destiny, Yummie (2-3:30) Renee, Dirk, Hinkley (until 3pm) Kerian, Savannah (after 6pm) James, ScubaChris, DoteDote (after 10pm)
Tuesday Savannah (from 6am), Master Bubbles (from 8am), Dirk, Yummie (2-3:30), Taylaa Renee, ScubaChris, Bubbles (until 2pm) Kerian, Evie, Phree2Be (from 4pm) James, Destiny, DoteDote (after 10pm)
Wednesday Evie Savannah, Taylaa, Yankee, Yummie (2-3:30) Renee, Dirk, Hinkley (until 3pm) Kerian, Phree2Be (from 4pm) James, Destiny, ScubaChris, DoteDote (after 10pm)
Thursday Savannah (from 6am), Master Bubbles (from 8am), Dirk, Yummie (2-3:30), Taylaa Renee, ScubaChris, Bubbles (until 2pm) Kerian, Evie, Phree2Be (from 4pm) James, Destiny, DoteDote (after 10pm)
Friday Evie, Master Taylaa, Yankee, Destiny, Yummie (2-3:30) Renee, Dirk, Hinkley (until 3pm) Kerian, Savannah (after 6pm) James, ScubaChris, Phree2Be, DoteDote (after 10pm)
Saturday Savannah (from 6am), Master Bubbles (from 8am), Dirk, Yummie (2-3:30) DoteDote, Yankee, ScubaChris, Bubbles (until 2pm) Kerian, Evie, Renee James, Destiny, Phree2Be
Sunday Evie, Master Savannah, Yankee, Destiny, Yummie (2-3:30) Yankee, Dirk, Hinkley (until 3pm) Kerian, Phree2Be James, ScubaChris

Floater: Linda

Note: Those volunteering during the after 8pm SLT (after 11pm EDT) slot, stay as long as you'd like while new users continue to appear on the OI (obviously not intended to be all the way until 5am)