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Just a thought - I know you use SightSpeed for clients, but I've not always found it that "brilliant" however I admit that this was quite some time ago...actually...coupla of years ago!<BR>
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However here are some video-phone software that would make ideal replacement should you require that...(to be frank I find that more deaf people use either MSN or Skype than they use SightSpeed but of course this is my personal experience - it'll be nice to have something that tell us how many use what)<BR>
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Wengophone (<A HREF="http://openwengo.com/">http://openwengo.com/</A>)<BR>
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It's an open source alternative to Skype making use of open standards such as SIP etc (so you can use your own server if you wish) - video calling clients available for all platforms (plus it being open source means it's possible it get ported to new devices quickly). Video quality with this was reasonably decent and speed was good. Because it use SIP, I would think it's possible to have this working with SignWales too and even to use as a client because it's open source.<BR>
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Ekiga (<A HREF="http://ekiga.org">http://ekiga.org</A>)<BR>
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This is one of the default application in Ubuntu - it works with H323 and SIP (thus can work with SignWales' platform and have been tested for it as well as BDA's VRS system. Problem is that its video codec is only H261 (awful awful) so can't be used. BUT...<BR>
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Next version of Ubuntu will have Ekiga 3.0 which will have video codec plugin meaning you can use any codecs including H.264, H.263 etc (DLink videophone use H.263 for example). They have a Windows version now and the libraries are used in Xmeeting for OSX <A HREF="http://xmeeting.sourceforge.net/pages/index.php">(</A><A HREF="http://xmeeting.sourceforge.net/pages/index.php)">http://xmeeting.sourceforge.net/pages/index.php)</A> Again because they use SIP it would work with SignWales *and* because it use H323 it can also work with BDA's VRS system as well as others such as Sign'ificant's VRS system as well as to anyone with a DLink or H323/SIP videophone.<BR>
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Skype (<A HREF="http://skype.com">http://skype.com</A>)<BR>
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They are finally now doing videocalls for their Linux clients - it's in beta but you can start using it - <A HREF="http://share.skype.com/sites/linux/2007/11/skype_20_beta_for_linux_with_video.html">http://share.skype.com/sites/linux/2007/11/skype_20_beta_for_linux_with_video.html</A> <BR>
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The problem with using emulation software is obviously speed (and video calls where they use H.264 like to have crunching power to ensure it can decode/encode quickly for a smoother video) But if this is what you want...let me muddle the ground a bit more and throw in another alternative - VirtualBox - it's open source ;-) <A HREF="http://www.virtualbox.org/">http://www.virtualbox.org/</A> - I've heard very good things about it. I would suggest giving this one a try since it cost nothing.<BR>
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Finally at end of the day, I always try to encourage people to take up clients that are open source OR make use of open standard such as SIP - for example Skype is a closed source client - not a problem by me, but they also use their own closed protocol. That's a problem. It can only be Skype to Skype.<BR>
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Wengophone on the other hand - it may be closed source for all I care, but it use open standard protocols - SIP - meaning I could call up anyone else on their videophone - it doesn't matter what model, whetever if it's hardware based or software based it will work. It could be used to call something such as SignWales even for whenever they do a VRS project. Ekiga likewise - in theory I could call a Wengophone user from Ekiga for example. It doesn't matter what server or client they use - they can communicate with each other and if both support the same video codecs then can also do videocall too.<BR>
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Hope this all was of help<BR>
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Cheers<BR>
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On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 20:25 +0000, Dafydd Eveleigh wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Hi Folks,</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I recently install Ubuntu 7.10 and it is brilliant.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">It finds all the drivers I needs and install them so my wireless network on</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">my laptop is working brilliantly. Also the effects such as 3D cube and so on</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">is brilliant.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">So I am running out of reasons to keep a dual boot on my laptop. The only</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">reason I need windows is for SightSpeed (There is no linux version :-[ )</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">So which do people recommend for sightspeed?</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Crossover</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Win4LinPro</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">VMware Workstation</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Qemu with KQemu</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Many Thanks</FONT><BR>
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