Windows 95 Apps - Communications Clients

last updated February 19, 1997

Internet Phone for Windows 95
Version Release 4.5.5.0
Date 12/9/96
Size 5077 Kb
Location ftp://ftp2.vocaltec.com/pub/iphone45.exe Alternate Sites VocalTec 3 / VocalTec 4 / Papa / Harbor / CDSNet
Description Real-time voice and video communication doesn't get any better than this!
Status Demo release. Commercial version - $49.95
Company VocalTec
Information Internet Phone Release 4 Page
Also Available Windows 3.x version

WebPhone 32-bit
Version 3.00 Official Release
Date 2/7/97
Size 2251 Kb
Location ftp://ftp.netspeak.com/pub/wp30-32e.exe
Description Full-duplex, real-time voice communication with an awesome interface!
Status Demo version - Limited to 3 minutes of speech. Commercial Version - $50
Company NetSpeak Corporation
Information About WebPhone
Also Available 16-bit version

VDOPhone for Windows 95
Version 2.0
Date 1/14/97
Size 2036 Kb
Location ftp://ftp.vdolive.com/pub/vdophone.exe
Description Real-time text, audio, and video-based communication on the 'net
Status Trialware - limited to one hour of use. Commercial version - https://www.vdo.net/sales/store/orderform.html $99
Company VDOnet Corporation
Information The VDOPhone Page
Also Available VDOLive Plug-in for Windows 3.x and Windows 95

NetMeeting for Windows 95
Version 2.0 Beta 2
Date 12/7/96
Size 3015 Kb
Location http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/netmeeting2.htm
Description Microsoft's entry into the 'net phone and conferencing battle
Status Freeware
Company Microsoft Corporation
Information About NetMeeting

OnLive! Traveler for Windows 95
Version 1.01
Date 10/27/96
Size 4376 Kb
Location ftp://ftp.onlive.com/pub/download/traveler/11001010/oltrv101.exe
Description Live vicariously through an audio-equipped avatar in a 3D 'net world
Status Freeware
Company OnLive! Technologies
Information The Onlive! Traveler Page

PowWow32
Version 3.1 Alpha 2
Date 2/19/97
Size 2564 Kb
Location ftp://apache.tribal.com/pub/ftp/PW3231A2.EXE
Description Dynamic text and voice-based communication as well as Netscape cruising
Status Freeware
Company Tribal Voice
Information The PowWow Page
Also Available 16-bit version and PowWow for Kids 32-bit v3.0 Beta 3 (2454 Kb)

TeleVox for Windows 95
Version 2.0 Official Release
Date 11/17/96
Size 1082 Kb
Location ftp://andromeda.connectsoft.net/pub/voxware/demo/tx32v20.exe
Description Yet another Internet phone application to hit the web
Status Trialware - free 14 day evaluation
Company Voxware, Inc.
Information About TeleVox
Also Available Windows 3.x version

PhoneFerret for Windows 95
Version 0.95 Beta
Date 2/6/97
Size 560 Kb
Location ftp://206.103.253.229/PhoneFerret095.exe
Description An essential search tool for locating phone numbers on the Internet
Status Free beta release - expires March 15, 1997
Company FerretSoft, Inc.
Information The PhoneFerret Page
Also Available NetFerret - the entire suite of Ferret applications

Active Worlds Browser
Version 1.0 Build 130
Date 11/19/96
Size 974 Kb
Location ftp://ftp.worlds.net/pub/awb130.exe
Description A new multi-user 3-Dimensional community in the spirit of Worlds Chat
Status Freeware
Company Worlds, Inc.
Information Welcome to AlphaWorld

Speak Freely for Windows 95
Version 6.1
Date 4/20/96
Size 303 Kb
Location http://www.fourmilab.ch/speakfree/windows/speakfb.zip
Description Near real-time voice communication with encryption and compression
Status Freeware
Author John Walker
Information Speak Freely Home Page
Also Available Windows 3.x version

WinTalk 32-bit
Version 1.26
Date 3/22/96
Size 365 Kb
Location ftp://ftp.elf.com/pub/wintalk/wtalk126.zip
Description Text-based one-to-one communication on the 'net made simple
Status Freeware
Author Glen Daniels of Elf Communications, Inc.
Information About WinTalk
Notes The 16-bit and 32-bit versions are packaged together

Intel Internet Phone
Version 1.0 Beta
Date 7/24/96 untested.gif>
Size 3082 Kb
Location http://www.intel.com/iaweb/cpc/iphone/setupex.exe
Description Full-duplex, real-time voice communication over the 'net!
Status Freeware
Company Intel Corporation
Information Intel Internet Phone Page

DigiPhone Deluxe
Version 1.03
Date 7/24/96 untested.gif>
Size 800 Kb
Location http://www.digiphone.com/download/dptrial.exe
Description Full-duplex, real-time voice communication over the 'net!
Status Shareware - $49.99
Company Third Planet Publishing
Information The DigiPhone Deluxe Page