Thanks Bryen! Based upon our previous conversation, I added a bug to the Ekiga database. :-)
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=519098 Will Bryen wrote: > > > On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 12:42 -0500, Willie Walker wrote: >> Hey All: >> >> As part of the "GNOME Outreach Program: Accessibility" effort, we have >> some 'smaller' tasks to focus on bug fixing in some key modules. For >> several reasons, we're considering ekiga as a module to focus on. >> >> Ekiga (formely known as GnomeMeeting) is an open source VoIP and video >> conferencing application for GNOME. Ekiga uses both the H.323 and SIP >> protocols. It supports many audio and video codecs, and is interoperable >> with other SIP compliant software and also with Microsoft NetMeeting. >> >> There are a list of known accessibility-related bugs with Ekiga here: >> >> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&product=ekiga&keywords_type=anywords&keywords=accessibility >> >> For those of you who have been using Ekiga, are there additional bugs >> that have not yet been logged or identified as accessibility bugs? >> >> Will > > Hi Will, > > I know we've talked about this a bit last week in IRC, but I'll bring it > up again here so more people can see. I haven't followed up yet on > further inquiries via the ekiga mailing list. But plan to do so soon. > > One of the key benefits I see for Ekiga, is using it as the method of > communication to video relay services for Deaf people. Also as a way of > connecting to video phones which is now a standard device in many Deaf > homes and workplaces. I need to research this in more detail and > discuss with the different providers, such as SorensonVRS, as I know it > is possible to do it since the technology and protocols are there. > Then come up with a way to polish it so that first time Deaf users can > easily communicate with each other via Ekiga. > > I'd like to see if others are willing to work on this project as I think > it is a fairly easy project compared to some of the complexities of > other a11y projects going on. If anyone's interested, drop me a line. > and we'll put our heads together and figure out the best ways to > approach this as well as approaching the providers out there for how to > connect to their particular videophones. > > Bryen > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list > gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
