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It really seems like I ought to be able to connect a few devices locally via Bluetooth or teathering, and be able to have an open voice chat between those devices without an internet connection, and without push-to-talk.

Anyone aware of something like this that works? I've tried a few candidates, but I haven't had much luck getting something to work.

For extra context on why I want this: I lead a sport kite team, and as the leader, I give vocal commands to tell the rest of the team what to do, and keep us coordinated. We usually use walkie talkies for this, but the one-way communication, the limited non-PTT support, and potential international regulation problems make this workable but not ideal.

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[โ€“] jet@hackertalks.com 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The two things that immediately came to my mind were briar and Berty. I just tested both out for your use case and neither of them have voice messages. But they do have text messages and meshing.

[โ€“] watty@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Yea, I've looked at those too. If they just had voice chat, they could be a winner