ooVoo Stories

Nights on ooVoo...keeping us together regardless of the distance..

sakkra — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:28:50 GMT

Hiya,

I dont even remember who told me about ooVoo. But I downloaded it sometimes last fall and just looked around. I was using a different phone/video chat program at the time, but wasnt really happy with the quality.

My handsome King works in a different country. At the time he was in Baghdad Iraq and staying in touch via internet is essential. I told him about ooVoo and he downloaded it also. We were both impressed by the sleek design of it. Both being gadget lovers we played around with ooVoo and quickly it became our personal messenger. Every day after work we would connect on ooVoo and talk about all thats happened during the day. Of course, him being where he was at, his stories were a lot more interesting than mine. What really amazed both of us, how stable the connection was at all times. Him sitting in the middle of Iraq with power cuts and internet problems being very common, ooVoo and not the other supposedly big, fancy programs.....well ooVoo was really very reliable and fantastic to use.

I look back now on all the nights we spent together, even though we were seperated by thousands of miles. We slept together with ooVoo being connected. Blissfully happy, listening to him snore through the night. I didnt snore, of course not, girls dont snore! We spent xmas together on ooVoo. Spent a beautiful New Years Eve together on ooVoo. Brought in the new year first in Iraq and then in my country. I was able to let him watch the fireworks with the video function. We spent days and nights on ooVoo. When your mate is in a war torn country, facing danger every day, being able to stay in touch on a daily basis is so very important.

Through ooVoo we were able to share our dreams and wishes. Expressed our fears and our not so perfect pasts. We used the time to learn about each other so much. And we had so much fun. My worries were blown into the wind every night when I would sign in and he would show up. ooVoo has brought us closer together than ever before. No longer did we have to deal with dropped calls and bad connections. His tour lasted longer than we had expected and throughout the entire tour ooVoo was like a trusted friend to us. But I must say, some nights we could hear other people in our connection. Some arabs talking, and we would laugh about it.

Today, he is again in Iraq. But sadly, the internet connection is very bad at the camp. And ooVoo is not working right for him. We both miss it so much. We were so close together, even though there were so many miles inbetween us. Deployment makes for a lonely time, but we were able to stay in touch daily, using ooVoo. We still talk about it now, hoping that one day we can use ooVoo together again. To us its like a home where we can meet. Where my worries are gone for the time being. Where his desire to see me and speak with me is fullfilled.

ooVoo played a big role in forming the bond between me and him. We were at the beginning of our relationship and still getting to know each other. Now, even though we cant speak as much as we like to, that bond we formed before, is what is keeping us together. And keeping us strong. We miss ooVoo and hopefully soon we can use it again.

Bringing together two people in love, seperated by so many miles. Thanks ooVoo! All those nights being able to sleep together while being connected, really mean so much to us. The sound quality is amazing. We always felt as if we were sharing a bed and not an internet connection. We were able to spend lazy sundays together. Watching each other curled up in bed.....doing nothing but relax together.

Nights on ooVoo......keeping us together, regardless of the distance.......I love my ooVoo!

One of my ooVoo conference experiences...

limsumin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:17:48 GMT

I am visiting Scotland to be with my grandchildren for the summer holidays.

Back in Singapore, the extended family clan plans a gathering to mark the 210 birthday of our patriach Mr Tan Tock Seng.

We have more than 1200 members on our family tree database:

More than 120 attended the week long activities, beginning with a big dinner.

I had the forsight to plan attending by ooVoo!: Me on my MacBook (Mac)
At the dinner I got one of them to run ooVoo on his computer: (PC)

Me from glasgow, one family member from Australia and one from USA joined in:

Audio/video was good where there was fast internet connection:
the one that had a slower connection had patchy audio/vidio

The other two family members attended for 1 hour then had to go to work/ go to bed.

It was 1 pm for me in UK so I could stay for 4 hours and I did.

Several of the diners came to chat with me.

All in all it was AMAZING:
thanks ooVoo!

Looking for your stories

ooVoo — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:15:57 GMT

We are obviously keen to promote the usage of ooVoo and are often asked by members of the popular media to provide examples of how ooVoo is used. Please feel to free to share your experiences and stories of how you stayed connected with friends, family and co-workers using ooVoo here in the forums or if you would prefer by email to philip.robertson@ooVoo.com.

-- Have you spoken with five other family members for a celebration?

-- Was a special occaision shared on ooVoo?

-- Do you chat with your loved one (or two) for hours every night?

-- Do you see your grandchildren grow on ooVoo?

-- Did you negotiate a deal or communicate a new plan to multiple colleagues around the country or world?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

ooVoo

ooVoo, with video, from the TRAIN!

Jamie Watson — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:51:16 GMT

I was (text) chatting with ooVoo Dave yesterday, telling him about the new Logitech QuickCam 11.7 release, when I had to leave the office to catch the bus. Once on the bus, I fired up the laptop, connected using my Sierra Wireless GSM card, and resumed the conversation. Dave suggested that we try a video chat over the GSM/HSDPA modem connection. I was skeptical, because I have tried that before with poor results, but figured why not try again.

It worked absolutely wonderfully! Good audio, good video, very little distortion, just really, really nice! I'm sure the people in the train thought that I had lost my mind, standing there talking to my computer, and when I turned the laptop around and pointed at them, and said "see all the nice people on the train" to Dave, I think several of them were ready to have me taken away! The train was initially sitting still in the station, but we talked for several minutes and as the train pulled out the connection continued to be very good - so Dave got to see what the Swiss countryside looks like.

The equipment used for this connection was:

- ooVoo 1.5.1.97

- Fujitsu Lifebook S6510

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz

3 GB memory

Vista Business 32-bit

built-in Logitech webcam (I don't know exactly what, if anyone knows what USB PID 09B2 is, please tell me)

Realtek HD audio

- Logitech Premium Notebook Headset, mic/speaker jack connect (i.e. not USB or Wireless)

- Sierra Wireless AirCard 880 (Swisscom OEM version)

- Swisscom HSDPA connection (VoIP test reported ca. 250k upload and download speed)

I'm really pleased with this! Good work, ooVoo!

Having a party without drunkdriving!!!

Micke — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:38:43 GMT

Were a bundle of friends spread over Sweden meeting on oovoo at the weekend, having a party even thoe some of us is living almost 400Km from each other. Fantastic!!! I think we even invented a new word, 'Internet drunk' !!! Actually we have (in Swedish 'supit någon under bordet via internet och oovoo') 'got some under the table on internet' :)

I have tuned friends guitars on oovoo! Ok, some delay with the sound but's no problem, we have actually played a bit of Stairway, to all the others horror! They can hear the deley ;)

We only miss some girls connecting to us from other countrys, so if you want to party with us, Your'e wellcome!!

Reg!