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

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 10:40 -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 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?
Just my thoughts exactly. There is only one reason, most people use
skype and as the protocol isn't known by anyone else we are stuck with
one client. We can try to educate people on using open source and open
standards, but sometimes it can seem like a loosing battle.
From
Michael Whapples

> 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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