WebRTC Voice Open Beta Is Expanding

The new year brings new features, and soon there will be a great improvement in Second Life Voice Services: voice based on WebRTC. Communication is a key part of what makes Second Life amazing and the intention is to improve communications for everyone. With WebRTC as the underlying technology, not only is the quality and clarity of the voices heard improved and modernized, but also the functionality available is expanded, starting with voice moderation and exploring many other potential benefits, such as voice transcription, leading to real-time translations in the future.

**How to participate**

**. Be one of the first to adopt the WebRTC Voice**

From the first call for volunteers, almost 200 regions are currently using the Voice WebRTC and the confidence that this new experience is closer than ever to a full release is growing. It is necessary to have more active voices speaking in the world daily to ensure that everything is balanced for a smooth transition across the grid.

If someone owns a region and likes to use voice as part of the experience in the world, it is the perfect candidate to help make the grid talk!

To place the region on updated WebRTC Voice servers, you must register a support request on https://lindenlab.freshdesk.com/support/home, select the Land & Region type > Other Land, provide the name of the Region and request an update to the WebRTC Voice. Support team will restart the region and inform when the region is transferred to the WebRTC voice system.

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Voice chat is a powerful social tool and this Alpha + Voice viewer WebRTC offers a new ability: it is now possible to moderate the use of voice at the batch level. Did anyone forget to silence the microphone at the party? Displeasure. No problem, it is possible to deal with this by silencing and reactivating individual avatars. This functionality of the Alpha viewer is limited to regions using WebRTC voice. See release notes for more details.

What's being tested:

* Voice moderation controls at batch level

* Temporary actions like silence the voice (and close attached sounds) for all in one batch

* Delegation of moderation by lot owners or group functions

The Alpha Voice Moderation Viewer is suitable for: Land owners, event hosts, moderators and anyone who regularly manages shared voice spaces.

Important note about the feedback from Alpha Viewer: The team is specifically focused on feedback for developing tools, not on policy changes or requests that are not specifically related to the WebRTC voice and voice moderation tools being tested in the alpha viewer. They are seeking feedback on usability and completeness, and appreciate help in building the best possible tools for the needs and pleasure of the community.

**. Feedback on Voice Resources**

Those who have already chosen to participate in the WebRTC Beta, thank you! Please continue to send feedback, additional suggestions can be sent at https://feedback.secondlife.com or, for those who prefer Discord, join them on the #voice channel on the official Second Life Discord server. https://discord.gg/secondlifeofficial

Thanks from the whole team!

— Second Life Team

Official source: Read the original publication in Second Life (Official).