From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from opera.rednote.net ([74.53.93.34]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IY1LG-0004WZ-00 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:19:54 -0400 Received: from opera.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l8JFJsL1001513 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:19:54 GMT Received: (from janina@localhost) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l8JENsZn029279 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:23:54 -0400 Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:23:54 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: VOIP clients for Windows and Linux? Message-ID: <20070919142354.GK6144@rednote.net> References: <46F04E7B.8090204@clearwire.net> <000c01c7fa50$f22f43e0$0202a8c0@robbie> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000c01c7fa50$f22f43e0$0202a8c0@robbie> X-Operating-System: Linux opera.rednote.net 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7spk Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) 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 15:19:55 -0000 Skype is a proprietary protocol. In other words, it has a license that makes most of us rather ill. Therefore, I don't believe you'll find it supported by linphone or twinkle. If you want low cost, you can look at Free World Dialup or Ekiga. But, you should forget Skype. Janina Nick Stockton writes: > Well as far as skype goes pc to pc calls are free and if you want to get > unlimited pc to phone calls in the U.S and Canada you can pay about $2.50 a > month. > as far as a linux based console client I only know of one called linphone > but don't know how hard it is to get working. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gaijin" > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 6:17 PM > Subject: OT: VOIP clients for Windows and Linux? > > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; sip:janina@a11y.org Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com Chair, Open Accessibility janina@a11y.org Linux Foundation http://a11y.org