Re: [orca-list] working with skype

[Fernando Botelho <fernando botelho f123 org>]

I assume your question was purely rhetorical. If  current free solutions 
were really competitive, nobody would bother with Skype.

In the interest of making this a constructive exchange, lets look at the 
options we have to avoid Skype:

I know about SIP via Ekiga. However, when I tried it, despite how simple 
and accessible it looked, I was not able to make a call even after 
registering at the Ekiga site for a SIP account.

Do you know if such difficulties are tipical or I just tried on a bad 
server day for them?

Another interesting choice is the XMPP or Jabber protocol, which can be 
easily accessed via Pidgin. Can you recommend a service that allows us 
to register and get an account?

I used to use it via GoogleTalk, but now this company is moving away 
from open standards and their principles. They announced that they will 
no longer support XMPP. So ideally, we need to find alternative hosting 
for XMPP messaging, including voice chat.

Any guidance is most welcome.

Fernando




On 06/24/2013 03:58 PM, Dave Hunt wrote:
> Is all this accessibility trouble with Skype under GNU/Linux incentive
> enough to get folks moving to free solutions like sip?  If not, what
> will it take?
>
> -Dave  Hunt (meet me on the social network, Diaspora)
>
>
>
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