Finally free voice/ video chat is there
Just 3 years after Google first released their Jingle extension for Jabber which they used in their GTalk application it is finally possible to use it on the open source desktop too. This is just 2 years after Nokia released their Linux/ Gnome based N800 internet tablet, which also supported it.
But now Jaunty got an update to the Empathy Messanger, which brought Voice/ Video support to it. So now you can finally do calls between two Empathy Clients, between Empathy and GTalk on Windows and even between Empathy and your now actually useful N800 and that regardless whether you are on 32bit or on 64bit – only requiring a Jabber account – no need for Skype any more.
and here is the proof screenshot:
March 15th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
What capabilities must my server have?
In other words, does it work without a GTalk account and with any Jabber account?
March 15th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
When I can’t call or chat with my Skype friends this is useless to me
March 15th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
it works with any Jabber account on any Jabber server.
March 16th, 2009 at 9:26 am
Very good news!!!
Thank you for all the work.
I could already speak to GTalk accounts, with a quality better than with skype.
Now, if the video works well, I can remove one proprietary software!
March 16th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
[...] Pavel Rojtberg: Finally free voice/ video chat is there [...]
March 18th, 2009 at 11:31 am
[...] ist es endlich machbar! Audio/Video-Chats mit Jabber dank Empathy. Pavel Rojtberg hat darüber geschrieben und mich richtig neugierig [...]
March 19th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
> When I can’t call or chat with my Skype friends this is useless to me
DOnt forget that its actually Skype that doesnt ALLOW anybody to connect to it. So its not that you “can’t” connect to skype, you are not allowed to connect to skype, by skype. Enjoy your intrapment in restrictive proprietary environment. Sooner or later skype _WILL_ be obsoleted by free, interoperable systems and protocols, and maybe one of your friends will show more balls than you to encourage usage of free software.
March 22nd, 2009 at 3:10 pm
…how many people can simultaniusly audio and video chat ?
3 ?, 4 ?, 5 ,? more ?
thanks