What is Reddit's opinion of Talky?

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There's a few services like this, but as I understand https://talky.io/ uses webrtc like Hello, no install required, and is end-to-end encrypted so you shouldn't have to worry about someone listening in (unlike Skype).

You already have appear.in, [talky](https//:talky.io) for P2P standard based webrtc video chat. Then there is sharefest for filesharing but the most awesome use of webrtc is IMHO peer5 you can create P2P CDN.

HTML5 is awesome.

Other users don't need Firefox to use Firefox Hello. The person who starts the call needs to use Firefox, then the other user needs to access the link through Firefox, Chrome, or Opera. I don't think it supports multiple users per call but you can use Talky.io or Appear.in which also use WebRTC.

>I think the solution shouldn't require an installation nor an account to register

I agree that that would be better for families - I can see someone complaining that they already have Skype and don't want to signup\install Google Duo on their devices... but man, I don't know of a: a) free b) kiosk-mode c) video chat app. Maybe /u/DdCno1's https://talky.io/ ???

It sounds like it relies on WebRTC since you just need a browser to access it. If that's the case I hope it'll have both screen share and text chat since existing WebRTC services like Talky.io and Appear.in only have one or the other.

Thank you, and WOW!

It does look very promising. I'll try it out.

In the meantime I had issues using Jitsu and talky.io.

The anti-pattern is: There's always someone unable to join the meeting and I have to copy-paste a Zoom link for everyone and apologise.

So, technical stability across devices might be foundational for adoption.

You could use a WebRTC-based service like this one:

https://talky.io/

Requires only a web browser (I would use the Firefox version of Android with uBlock Origin to block ads on this site) and should work with any device. Users only have to share a URL to talk to each other and calls are end-to-end encrypted, meaning that nobody can listen in. I don't know how reliable this particular service is however.

Maybe:

• Talky – https://talky.io/ – https://about.talky.io/privacy

Background (2018):

• Video chat: options | Graham Perrin

Since then, much has changed at my place of work – where Microsoft Windows 7 was a norm in my area, those computers now (of course) use Windows 10; and so on – I no longer draw attention to the blog post, but it might be useful to someone outside the University.

The 'just works' might not be the best title for your rather specific requirements. Most of the distribution just work for usual tasks like writing a document, looking at mails or browsing the web. What you are specifically asking is, I believe, for which distribution there is a good implementation of:

- a browser that works well with talky.io

- Slack;

- external screen/projector management.

Talky.io is built on WebRTC for modern browsers and just works. Set up a room, share a link, that's it. No messy plugins or clients. There's not much reason to use Skype or Google Hangouts any more.

I've been using a free WebRTC service called Talky for several months and recently gave Firefox Hello a try with a few people. I'm pleased with how they perform.

All you need is Firefox or Chromium/Chrome (even on Android), and there's also a dedicated Talky app for iOS.

I was fixing to show up using Google Hangouts, but when I keyed in the number, it told me that it wasn't a free call and that I didn't have enough credit to make the call :( Apparently most calls are free to make, but not this one. Oh well.

Suggestion for future: It might be worth it to try a free/anonymous videoconferencing site like talky.io—those who wish can turn video off and just do audio chat.