Fred, primo feedback, thanks!

By user friendly, I meant highest degree of customization for the lowest learning curve.  I wasn’t considering computing overheads at all, which is why your experience is so valuable.

I’m definitely in the market for a SitePal alternative, not just a replacement, but something even better (and more affordable).

Supposedly the softcam (ManyCam) option would do away with the two computer solution.

Though single threading is another thing I hadn’t taken into consideration yet.

See my new Meta Guide webpages, “Best SecondLife Skype Videos” and “Best SecondLife Voice Videos” (below).

> http://www.meta-guide.com/home/about/best-of-the-best-videos/best-secondlife-skype-videos

> http://www.meta-guide.com/home/about/best-of-the-best-videos/best-secondlife-voice-videos

BTW, I did manage to visit Caesar Augustus in “Phaze Demesnes”.

Okay, so I made an initial test.

Of course, you need 2 wifi connected devices, and 2 Skype accounts.

ManyCam is a free download.

Open up the SecondLife viewer, set the ManyCam softcam to that piece of your desktop, then just set the Skype/Tools/Options/Video to “ManyCam Virtual Webcam”.

One thing I love about YouTube video tutorials is that you get 12 year olds teaching you how to do things you don’t have a clue about….  ;^)

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrZIU_L43Tw

I wasn’t really impressed by the audio quality coming out of SecondLife via ManyCam to the remote Skype.

And, not quite sure yet how to activate TTS & ASR for the NPC….