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Google Talk first hack: broadcast MP3s and podcasts over Google Talk
Ahhh yes, the digital ink on the Google Talk release is still wet, and already the app has got its first mod. This how-to walks you through diverting your system audio to a Google Talk voice session, instead of being limited to using the microphone. Of course, you can only broadcast to one person at a time but hey, to the friend who'd rather hear the new Green Day than your yammering voice, this could be priceless.
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Retro_X said 5:17PM on 8-24-2005
I wouldn't really call it a hack since it does nothing to the actual program. Still cool though.
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Kaz said 5:52PM on 8-24-2005
A real hack would be to make a client that could respond to text IM messages by streaming music over VOIP. So I could be at a computer anywhere in the world, send an IM to an account I have logged in at home, and have it start playing music off my HD over the local PC speakers. Now that would be cool.
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zk said 6:15PM on 8-24-2005
It can be done with MSN Messenger, or any other IM client that has voice chat. I wouldnt call it a "Google Talk Hack".
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