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S U M M A R Y


DIARY: January 26, 2009 07:28 PM Monday; Rod Welch

Received letter from Morris with software for telephone collaboration.

1...Summary/Objective


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Ekiga Computer Software Free Long Distance Telephone Calls Collabora

1103 -
1103 -    ..
1104 - Summary/Objective
1105 -
110501 - Follow up ref SDS 1 RL8O.
110502 -
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110505 -
110507 -  ..
1106 -
1107 -
1108 - Progress
1109 -
110901 - On 090119 Morris suggested using computer software for telephone
110902 - collaboration developing Medit with Java. ref SDS 1 RL8O
110904 -  ..
110905 - We talked yesterday and he reported no progress since the meeting on
110906 - 090119, ref SDS 1 585L, partly due to illness, and he is starting a
110907 - new semester teaching graduate electrical engineering at San Jose
110908 - State.
110910 -  ..
110911 - Today, received a letter from Morris with a source to get software
110912 - that enables using the computer Internet connections for telephone
110913 - collaboration long distance at no cost.
110914 -
110915 -    1.  Subject: VoIP software.
110916 -        Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:24:07 -0800
110923 -         ..
110924 -    2.  Let's try Ekiga.  You can download a windows version, get a
110925 -        free SIP address, and then we can contact each other.  You
110926 -        don't need to get the call termination service (It costs money)
110927 -        unless you wanted to make calls to regular telephones.  My
110928 -        account is SIP:mojoteri@ekiga.net
110930 -         ..
110931 -    3.  You should be able to set it up on a machine, and then we can
110932 -        call each other and chat using the internet.  You will need a
110933 -        headset or other mechanism to get the sound in and out of your
110934 -        PC.
110935 -
110939 -
110941 -  ..
110942 - Did a search for Ekiga and found...
110943 -
110944 -              http://ekiga.org/
110946 -  ..
110947 - This location says...
110948 -
110949 -        Welcome to Ekiga.org
110950 -
110951 -        Ekiga (formely known as GnomeMeeting) is an open source VoIP
110952 -        and video conferencing application for GNOME. Ekiga uses both
110953 -        the H.323 and SIP protocols. It supports many audio and video
110954 -        codecs, and is interoperable with other SIP compliant software
110955 -        and also with Microsoft NetMeeting.
110957 -         ..
110958 -        To get started: Download Ekiga for your distribution and get a
110959 -        free SIP-Address at ekiga.net.
110960 -
110961 -              http://ekiga.org/?rub=5
110963 -  ..
110964 - This location says...
110965 -
110966 -        Choose your distribution below and start downloading.
110967 -
110968 -        You need to download and install the OPAL and PTLIB libraries
110969 -        before Ekiga.
110971 -  ..
110972 - What are these tools; what do they accomplish.  Where are they
110973 - located, and what does installation entail?
110975 -  ..
110976 - Ekiga instructions continued...
110977 -
110978 -        Standard ALSA, OSS and Video4Linux/Video4Linux2 plugins are
110979 -        provided in the PWLib packages.  Additional plugins like the
110980 -        Firewire AVC and Firewire DC plugins allowing Firewire cameras
110981 -        to work are provided as external packages.
110983 -         ..
110984 -        Release binaries are available below.
110986 -         ..
110987 -        Nightly built SVN binaries of the upcoming release are
110988 -        available on http://snapshots.ekiga.net (Europe).
110990 -         ..
110991 -        Choose your distribution
110993 -         ..
110994 -        Please select one of the following links to get a list of all
110995 -        available files for your selection.
110996 -
110997 -        1.  netbsd
110998 -
110999 -              http://ekiga.org/index.php?rub=5&path=netbsd/ekiga_3.0.0_for_netbsd
111001 -             ..
111002 -        2.  opensolaris
111003 -
111004 -              http://ekiga.org/index.php?rub=5&path=opensolaris/ekiga_3.0.0_for_solaris_express_NEVADA
111006 -             ..
111007 -        3.  sources
111008 -
111009 -              http://ekiga.org/index.php?rub=5&path=sources/ekiga_3.0.2
111011 -             ..
111012 -        4.  windows
111013 -
111014 -              http://ekiga.org/index.php?rub=5&path=windows/ekiga_3.0.0_for_windows
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