VoIP and video call client using Telepathy - Final Report

[Elliot Fairweather <epmfairweather gmail com>]

Hi all,

Now that GSoC is over and I have submitted my code to Google, I think 
it's time to give you all a quick summary of how my project went.

Starting with the good news:

Empathy now has support for XMPP (GoogleTalk) and SIP based calls!

Some screenshots here:
http://light.bluelinux.co.uk/~elliot/audio.png
http://light.bluelinux.co.uk/~elliot/video.png

At the moment code can be downloaded from:
http://google-summer-of-code-2007-gnome.googlecode.com/files/Elliot_Fairweather.tar.gz
but when my request for a GNOME account goes through (nudge), the code 
should fairly swiftly be merged with the rest of Empathy.

Calls are very sensitive to your Farsight and Telepathy Stream Engine 
setup. This was the major stumbling block for my project and a cause of 
much frustration. Some of these problems may be allayed by completing 
the refactoring of stream engine, a task for which I may have 
volunteered myself...

I shall be continuing to work on the voice and video side of Empathy by 
the grace of Collabora Limited, during which time I hope to complete the 
final goals of my project as well as much more.

Improvements and features in the near future will include splitting the 
UI into smaller components for better desktop integration and a SIP 
dialpad widget.

It has been a brilliant summer, my thanks to all those who made this 
possible!

Watch this space!

Regards,
Elliot