Re: [orca-list] contacting skype users

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Exactly. I would also note that you can get an 800 PSTN number, but you
will pay higher by minute rates, perhaps around 4 cents per minute.

Janina

Alex Snow writes:
> Or you could use a service such as ipkall.com or sipnumber.com and get 
> your pstn number for free...the disadvantage is the number you get is 
> almost never going to be local to you, but in this age of unlimitted 
> LD that is becomming less and less of a problem.
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 
> 11:24:20AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > You're only going to get interoperability through consensus standards.
> > Skype is not such a thing, and isn't likely to become one for those of
> > us for whom free and open licenses are a nonnegotiable requirement.
> >
> > Therefore, you need a telephone number to dial into. This doesn't mean
> > users need to use a traditional telephone, it just means that you aren't
> > going to get another way to include Skype as part of the mix.
> >
> > Skype can dial into the pstn. It would be nice if it could dial SIP and
> > IAX, but I'm unaware that they support any free and open protocols.
> > Guess they want to control the world.
> >
> > SIP and IAX clients can also dial into the pstn--or to other SIP and IAX
> > devlices. On Linux I currently use twinkle from the console with a nice,
> > high-quality headset for this. The gui of twinkle is KDE, so is not
> > accessible in the near future.
> >
> > Please note that your pstn phone number could be pretty cheap--on the
> > order of $2 per month, even, though if someone actually does dial over
> > the pstn to reach it, the cost will be metered per minute. However, this
> > meter can run as low as half a penny per minute, dependening.
> >
> > Janina
> >
> > Michael Weaver writes:
> > > i am very new to voice conferenceing so i don't know anything 
> > > about voice applications such as skype or any of the other linux 
> > > or windows applications although i have used msn to do keyboard 
> > > chat.  i am aware that a while ago on this list there seemed to 
> > > be some heated discussion about skype not being accessible with 
> > > orca or that it isn't a priority because there are other linux 
> > > apps.  i don't want to end up ruffling any feathers so to speak 
> > > on the subjecct but a group of us in my local area have started a 
> > > group to lease if you like between different blind organisations 
> > > and try to provide services ie it training etc and none of the 
> > > group at the moment apart from me use linux.  one of the things 
> > > they are wanting to do is to use voice conferenceing so we don't 
> > > have to awl meet formally and the chairman and vice chairman are 
> > > wanting people to use skype.
> > > if i am not gothe to be using skype are any of the linux 
> > > alterantighes ie ekiga able to contact skype users?
> > > i ask this because i did have windows running on my desktop only 
> > > spyhunter has put all applications out of action and i have not 
> > > been able to fix it when i got a trojan on my system and tried to 
> > > use spyhunter to remove it and it keeps uing up with a security 
> > > message for the spyhunter guard or something so i am just using 
> > > linux and my braillenote for internet access and email at the 
> > > moment and i have not yet been able to encourage my group to use 
> > > linux although it is something i have offered to help teach the 
> > > basics of if we were to provide it training but the group is only 
> > > interested in teaching  windows screenreaders such as jaws and 
> > > nvda etc at present.
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