Voice chat is a form of communication used on the Internet. It refers to communication with voice and sound through instant messaging programs such as Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Skype or inSpeak. This way of communicating is very used by people who are at great distances and because of this a telephone call would be a considerable expense. Do not confuse voice chat with Voice over IP, since the latter is a technology in which the transmission of sound data can (or can not) be supported.

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