Re: [orca-list] OT Orca, Skype and accessibility workaround

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Hey All:

I'm looking for the "I'm trying to use Orca to access Skype" (which is a 
frequently asked question) or "I have a suggestion about Orca" part of 
this message.  Can't seem to find it.  I also see an "OT" in the 
subject.  That means this is off topic and does not belong here.

Sorry I have to be the bad guy here, but we really need to get this 
stuff under control.

Thanks,

Will

Erik Heil wrote:
> Hi,
> Its important to realize that if you're talking about people who use Skype
> as a normal PSTN gateway, the quality is horrible. i'll admit that. Now,
> if you have two Skype clients (excluding Windows Mobile), the audio
> quality is quite good. Monoral, but its all right. I have no idea of what
> codec Skype uses. However, what I can tell you is that its adaptive to
> network conditions, which I'd almost bet that almost all codecs are these
> days. You mentioned FreeSwitch. A search of Debian's unstable packages
> doesn't reveal anything, but perhaps noone has decided to package it for
> that distro. Wher can I find information about that?
> Thanks.
> --Erik
>
>  On Tue, 17 Mar 2009, Janina Sajka wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:39:36 -0400
> > From: Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>
> > To: Erik Heil <eheil sdf lonestar org>
> > Cc: hank smith <hanksmith5 gmail com>, Orca-list <orca-list gnome org>
> > Subject: Re: [orca-list] OT Orca, Skype and accessibility workaround
> >
> > Erik Heil writes:
> > > ... As far as why Skype is being mentioned, that's simply because of
> > > its popularity. Want a free alternative to Skype that has the same audio
> > > quality? Well, then, perhaps GSM will do the trick.
> > I wouldn't use GSM and quality in the same breath, personally speaking.
> > Frankly, I haven't been impressed by Skype's audio quality at all the
> > several times I've listened to people coming into teleconferences over
> > Skype.
> >
> > Similarly, forget h.323.
> >
> > If you're after quality audio, well you'll want SIP and Free Switch
> > running uncompressed, if your network connectivity can support
> > it--48KHz/16bits. Or, CELT will also give you 48KHz/16 bits.  Then
> > there's  G.722 or even G.711, all much superior to GSM.
> >
> > Janina
>
> eheil sdf lonestar org
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