Advanced Voice Client

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What is the Advanced Voice Client?

For the past six years, VATSIM has used Roger Wilco® as the client of choice for voice over IP communications. Because of the lack of support, updates and features VATSIM has grown to need, the Advanced Voice Client was developed as a replacement. The AVC was built with the same general foundation in mind so it is backwards compatible with our current applications and servers. The new AVC however, offers no limits in future features and updates.

In the future, the voice library that AVC currently uses will be integrated into many applications such as Squawkbox 3.0 removing the need for a separate running application, however until then, AVC will stand in the place of Roger Wilco for online flying. Several of its features are outlined below but many more are to come!

How can I get it?

Downloads can be found in the downloads section of this website.

Voice Client Features

Greatly improved reliability for users behind a NAT firewall

Auto Gain Control providing simplicity, equalized volumes and enhanced voice quality

Greatly improved voice quality both aurally and network-wise

Extremely simplified user interface

Full backwards compatibility with current VATSIM applications such as SB2.3.4 and Servinfo Gauges

Full backwards compatibility with current VATSIM Voice Servers

News

07/31/05
AVC has been updated and the time limit has been removed. Go to the downloads site to get the latest version.

04/06/05
A bug preventing users from receiving audio on some servers has been fixed. This issue was detected on users of the Sygate Free Firewall but other firewalls could have had similars problems.

09/28/04
The AVC has reached public release 1.0! No features have been added since the public version. You can get it at the downloads section of this website. REMEMBER to uninstall the old version before installing this version. It uses some slightly different DLL files.