Is there a way to speak to the air traffic control using headphones and a microphone?

Is there a way to speak to the air traffic control using headphones and a microphone?

http://www.vatsim.net/ is your answer for talking to real life people doing ATC. Take a look around and you will get hooked. A headset is the preferred method of communications while on Vatsim but you can still use text if you are not able.

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Is there a way to speak to the air traffic control using headphones and a microphone?

http://www.itsyourplane.com/http://www.multicrewxp.com/index.htmlI use Shoot 1.6.4 with my own profile for Radar Contact.

I use Flight Assistant which is free and available here in the Avsim library. The program allows you to speak your responses to ATC and the program presses a appropriate key in return. It's highly customizable.

There are quite a few ways. You can do it 'for real' with VATSIM and such, or you can use voice control software in combination with stuff that links up with the ATC in FS, for example with things such as Vox ATC and Multi Crew Experience. The latter was reviewed by yours truly for Avsim, and whilst if does have one or two issues with some fancy aircraft, I was sufficiently impressed with it to give it high praise and it earned an Avsim Award. MCE will also let you talk to your 'co-pilot' too, and you can see an example of me doing that in this video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA1MdedTk0IThe Avsim review itself can be found here:http://www.avsim.com/pages/0409/MultiCrewExp/MCExp.htmAs you can see from that demo, it does work well, but you should be aware that it can put a strain on your system if your PC is not particularly well endowed, which in the case of MCE makes it pretty good for FS9, as it is not as much of a resource hog as FSX.Al

A submodule of It's Your Plane called SuperATC is/was available at no charge on that website. It included a template for Radar Contact and default FS ATC. (No, i don't have it, but it was announced on the Radar Contact forum here on AVSIM.) You download that and the Microsoft speech recognition utility and you should be good to go.

http://www.itsyourplane.com/http://www.multicrewxp.com/index.htmlI use Shoot 1.6.4 with my own profile for Radar Contact.

I use ProFlightEmulator/ProFlight2000 with GameCommander 2. Would not be without it.Good luck:RTH

Hi planenutter,I personally use VoxATC, if you want to fly 'on your own', or vatsim if you want to fly the net. VoxATC is o.k., and gives you a good introduction into ATC 'talk', but there is no interaction with AI traffic, and i fear that now FSX has overtaken most developers resources, there will not be that facility for us lowly FS9 users.C Ya......moodyblue

It's not exactly what you're looking for but after trying all the alternatives I now exclusively use ProFlight Emulator with Flight Deck Companion, so here's a BIG thumbs up for those two payware programs.There's also FlightAssitant.zip which is the freeware alternative to VoxATC, available here at AVSIM. I highly recommend you give it a try before you buy VoxATC -- I invested a lot of money in VoxATC and the microsoft payware voices quite a while ago and lost interest in that whole direction pretty quickly.

Did anyone mention VATSIM? :( All the other mentioned may be fun but they will always be only more or less successful attempts to simulate a real human interaction.An interaction which is free and available for every simmer with a reasonable Internet connection.Real, regionally varied, professional, humanoid, up-to-date, thrilling, unpredictable, demanding and educating.What else do you need? Headphones and a microphone. :( Just my two eurocents.

Did anyone mention VATSIM? :( All the other mentioned may be fun but they will always be only more or less successful attempts to simulate a real human interaction.An interaction which is free and available for every simmer with a reasonable Internet connection.Real, regionally varied, professional, humanoid, up-to-date, thrilling, unpredictable, demanding and educating.What else do you need? Headphones and a microphone. :( Just my two eurocents.

Are there any "children" doing the vatsim ATC!!!!!???vololiberista

Did anyone mention VATSIM? :( All the other mentioned may be fun but they will always be only more or less successful attempts to simulate a real human interaction.An interaction which is free and available for every simmer with a reasonable Internet connection.Real, regionally varied, professional, humanoid, up-to-date, thrilling, unpredictable, demanding and educating.What else do you need? Headphones and a microphone. :( Just my two eurocents.

Hi, Rafal. Actually, VATSIM has been mentioned in this thread a couple of times. It too, has it's drawbacks, though. Nothing is perfect -- it is a simulator, after all.

Actually, VATSIM has been mentioned in this thread a couple of times

Hence the :(

It too, has it's drawbacks

Sure, like RW (e.g. letting babies do the ATC, lol!).Anyway, compared to the artificial voice applications at their current level of quality and interactivity...Nothing beats the live experience, I guess.I've put my opinion here as the guy is asking about the best use of headphones & mike in flight simulation ATC.You can see what my choice is. I've never had any doubts about that. Always worth trying. Costs nothing and can offer a new sim life.

Always worth trying. Costs nothing and can offer a new sim life.

Absolutely!! I agree 100% . . . :(