From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org ([63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IXn6s-0001h4-00 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:08:07 -0400 Received: (qmail 17039 invoked by uid 1000); 18 Sep 2007 17:07:21 -0700 Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:07:21 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: OT: VOIP clients for Windows and Linux? Message-ID: <20070919000721.GA16031@localhost.localdomain> References: <46F04E7B.8090204@clearwire.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46F04E7B.8090204@clearwire.net> X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:08:07 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Check out speak freely http://speak-freely.sourceforge.net Greg On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 11:17:31PM +0100, Gaijin wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering if there was still any old-fashioned, direct, > computer to computer VOIP clients out there that *don't* go through > some 3rd-party service like Skype, that will run on both Windows and > Linux, or at least Windows, so a friend can do some remote > troubleshooting of my WinXP box. I was hoping to just email or phone > this friend our IP numbers, input it into a simple VOIP client, and be > able to speak to each other while he troubleshoots my system. I only > have a cell phone, and the battery is only good for about an hour per > day, leaving me up the creek if I ever need to dial 911. All the client > needs to do is create a voice connection between two computers, without > any frils, IP to IP. We both can't afford 20-odd phone systems, just to > stay in touch, and everything out there now seems to require that > everything pass through some middle-man or service that now has to be > paid for. I'm wondering whatever happened to software like > see-you-see-mee, or whatever that video-chat program was called, that > was being used on IRC, or the old I-Phone software...wherever they went. > I'm looking for the cheapest, free voice communications software that > there is for Windows, and if possible, that will also work on Linux. > Any clues would be appreciated. TIA, > > Michael > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG8Gg57s9z/XlyUyARAoC1AJ9/1iR03mq/8vRDtAq0k9EsqMgc8wCcC7hr Hr+E5S1+57hZEwlnwOFAQXg= =zVQB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----