Internet Wave

Internet Wave -- Internet Wave is a new real-time audio on demand application that is attempting to follow in the footsteps of RealAudio and TrueSpeech. In its current release, however, Internet Wave ultimately fails to impress, especially when compared to the above two clients. IWave is slower than RealAudio and TrueSpeech at both 14.4 Kb and 28.8 Kb connections. Its audio quality is also slightly lower than that of TrueSpeech and RealAudio. VocalTec does offer free encoder and server applications for creating your own IWave files. VocalTec also includes an evaluation release of its immensely popular Internet Phone application with IWave. Unfortunately, Internet Wave isn't quite on the same level as Internet Phone yet. Still, this is the initial release for Internet Wave, and many changes and improvements are expected which should undoubtedly help to make this a much more competitive client. Pros: Real-time audio on demand; free encoder and server apps available Cons: Performance lower than RealAudio and TrueSpeech in terms of both speed and audio quality New: Improved audio quality, revised interface, bug fixes Version Reviewed: 1.0 Official Release Date of Review: 5/22/96 Reviewer: Forrest Stroud Date Entered: 7/6/96 Reviewer: Forrest Stroud apps conference Main Menu