Re: [orca-list] Orca with the Skype Public API

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

mk360 writes:
> The problem, I think is mani people use skype, not other alternatives... 

Indeed, but that's a lot like saying that I should get Verizon Wireless
for my cell service just because some of my friends use Verizon
Wireless, and VW allows them to call each other without counting against
their minutes. If my preference is for Sprint, AT&T, or T-Mobile, nobody
holds that against me and all my friends and I simply accept the fact
that we'll be charged minutes to call each other.

Skype, imho, is much like just one brand of Vo/IP service. Yes, users
can call each other without charge, and yes it costs to call a PSTN
number. But you certainly can call any number in the world over Skype's
PSTN gateway. And the same holds for me when I use asterisk or linphone
or ekiga.

> However I agree with you, other things are most important now.

Yes, thank you. I expect you're correct about the reasoning behind the
request, so I thought it valuable to present the full logic of my
reasoning.

Janina

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina rednote net>
> To: <Orca-list gnome org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] Orca with the Skype Public API
>
>
> > Surely there are more pressing priorities than enabling this proprietary
> > Vo/IP application for Linux? After all, it isn't as if Vo/IP were unable
> > on Linux. We have the ekiga to run with Orca, linphone to run
> > terminal/console mode, and even the fully accessible asterisk to provide
> > all the Vo/IP functionality a pretty large company might need for all
> > its telephones. Why do we need Skype?
> >
> > Janina
> >
> > John Greer writes:
> > > Hello, I was wondering if there were any plans to get Orca to work with
> > > Skype for Linux.  I do know this has been done many times over on the
> > > Windows platform by tapping into the Skype API and using text to speech
> > > to read its messaging system.  After searching though, I have yet to
> > > find anything similar for Linux.  I do realize that Linux is a QT4 app,
> > > but by using its API you can at least gain access to user sign in
> > > notifications, instant messaging and I believe even the contact list.
> > > There is a program for Windows called Skread that did just this sort of
> > > thing using Auto it.  Another screen reader for Windows called System
> > > Access also taps into Skype's public API for the same purposes.  It is
> > > just a shame I haven't seen anything like this for Linux.
> > >
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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
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