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Alternative to Skypecasting? - playadom - 2008-08-27

I just discovered skypecasting today, and have already been listening to native Japanese speakers chatting away for an hour or so. Sadly, searching for more information on skypecasting, I discovered an announcement that the service will be discontinued on september 1st[certainly won't be using skype anymore -- their loss]

Does anyone know of any other alternatives where I can listen/talk in a room full of Japanese speakers -- like I did on the soon to be nonexistent skypecasting?

Alternative to Skypecasting? - alyks - 2008-08-27

That's something I'd be interested in.

Alternative to Skypecasting? - Jarvik7 - 2008-08-28

I think it's mostly your loss, since Skype only makes money on paid accounts and SkypeOut calls Tongue

Alternative to Skypecasting? - wccrawford - 2008-08-28

The actual message says that they didn't think the service was good enough, and they'll be working on a better way to provide those services. So it could be back some day.

Unfortunately, I -thought- I knew an alternative, but I can't find it now. It was one of the language tutor sites that offered a similar service, but I either can't find it, or they dropped it.

Alternative to Skypecasting? - playadom - 2008-08-28

Jarvik7 Wrote:I think it's mostly your loss, since Skype only makes money on paid accounts and SkypeOut calls Tongue
Very true --- but I might have been drawn to buy some credits had I enjoyed their service enough.

wccrawford Wrote:The actual message says that they didn't think the service was good enough, and they'll be working on a better way to provide those services. So it could be back some day.

Unfortunately, I -thought- I knew an alternative, but I can't find it now. It was one of the language tutor sites that offered a similar service, but I either can't find it, or they dropped it.
Hmm...The service for the Japanese casts was a whole lot better than the English ones...

I've looked at a couple language tutor sites -- the problem there is that they're geared towards one-on-one language exchange. What I'm looking for is a nice directory of open voice chat rooms in Japanese. [although if I could find a language tutor site that did instant voice chat(kinda like sharedtalk, although I can never find any Japanese on their voice chat) that would be alright, although I'd prefer just a spontaneous chat from a bunch of Japanese over a language exchange type thing]