Re: Talking with Yahoo Messenger (try Ekiga)
On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 11:46:11PM -0800, Rob Starling wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 07:21:30AM +0000, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 05:57:29PM +0100, Martin wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > I find out that gaim is able to use text messaging with many
> > > programs. I want to use voice messaging (use it as phone)
> > > when other person is using Yahoo Messenger on MS Windows.
> > > Is there some program for debian that can do this?
> >
> > Gaim is now called "Pidgin". It still can't handle voice chats well.
> >
> > kopete seems to be able to use video, but not audio, for some strange
> > reason. Telepathy/Empathy does not seem to support voice chats with
> > Yahoo accounts (which are only supported through pidgin's libpurple).
>
> somewhat OT, but Ekiga may do what you want -- it can't talk
> to Yahoo, but there are builds of it for Lin/Win/OSX, so if
> you're communicating on a regular basis with someone, it might
> be worth installing, since it does voice and video.
Silence detection can also help reduce bandwidth consumption.
Twinkle seems to offer more extensive control over features of speex.
Sepcifically, VBR helps saving bandwidth as well.
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