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Voice chat with the friends you play with.

Open a room, share the invite code and talk with your friends. In the room you can share your screen, chat and play games together. Guests join without creating an account.

It is free. A signed installer for Windows 10 and 11; the app updates itself.

A voice room in RookTalk: the members, who is talking, and the text chat

What can you do in a room?

Every screen below is a picture of the app itself.

Sound, set the way you like

  • Noise suppression. It lowers background sounds such as a keyboard or a TV.
  • Push to talk. You hold the key you chose while you speak.
  • A level per person. You set how loud each person is, for yourself only.
  • Voice changer. With Premium you can change the pitch and tone of your voice.
RookTalk settings: microphone, speaker, microphone sensitivity and the push-to-talk key

Games together in the room

You can play while you talk. On the free plan you play against the computer, with Plus and Premium against your friends.

The list of room games in RookTalk

Friends and private messages

  • Friends list. You see who is online and which room they are in.
  • Private messages are end-to-end encrypted. The keys are made on the devices; the server only carries ciphertext.
  • Invite to a room. You call a friend from your list into your room with one click.
The friends list and private messages in RookTalk

Your rooms and your lobby

  • Temporary and lasting rooms. A free room is temporary. You can open 3 lasting rooms with Plus and 10 with Premium.
  • Room management. The owner and the moderators can mute people or remove them from the room.
  • Sound effects. Plus and Premium rooms come with effects, and you can add your own.
The RookTalk lobby: profile, rooms and friends

Direct Connection

When the usual connection cannot be made, the Windows app can try to carry its traffic to the server through an encrypted tunnel. It works with a free account. The short film shows how.

How to get started

  1. InstallDownload and run the installer. It is digitally signed, and the app updates automatically.
  2. Get startedContinue as a guest with a nickname, or create an account with your email.
  3. Open a roomGive the room a name and share the invite code that is made for it.
  4. InviteSend the link or the code. With RookTalk installed, the link opens the room directly.

Plans

You start for free. Prices are per month in US dollars; a year costs the price of 11 months.

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Runs on 64-bit Windows 10 and 11. The installer is digitally signed and the app updates itself.

Backgammon picture: redrawn from the photos "Tavli Board without slots (traditional)" by Nikos Kitsakis, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Chess picture: Wilfredor, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.