Voice Over Instant Messenger

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What Does Voice Over Instant Messenger Mean?

Voice over Instant Messenger (VoIM) is voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) applied through instant messaging (IM) software.

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Techopedia Explains Voice Over Instant Messenger

VoIM provides and enhances communication in the following ways:

  • Facilitates low-cost integration of voice, IM, video, file sharing and whiteboarding
  • Provides efficient collaboration between mobile and office users
  • Enterprise versions integrate multiple computers for seamless communication.
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Margaret is an award-winning technical writer and teacher known for her ability to explain complex technical subjects to a non-technical business audience. Over the past twenty years, her IT definitions have been published by Que in an encyclopedia of technology terms and cited in articles by the New York Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, ZDNet, PC Magazine, and Discovery Magazine. She joined Techopedia in 2011. Margaret's idea of a fun day is helping IT and business professionals learn to speak each other’s highly specialized languages.

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