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Parliant has announced Echoes (http://www.echoes-app.com), a new Mac voice messaging product. It’s different from Skype, FaceTime, and other voice chat applications because it eliminates “dialing” or setting up connections with your recipients.
Echoes puts an icon in your menu bar where you just choose “Announce” (or press a keyboard shortcut), speak your announcement, and press return. Echoes lets you:
° Announce to other users running Echoes on your local network;
° Announce to everyone, groups of people you configure, or individuals;
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