There are a number of people that are interested in audio chat. Currently there are a group of people that use TeamSpeak on the XO but it is closed source and the client has severe stuttering problems with 8.2-767. (it is not the firmware because if you boot into alternate image 656 it works fine. There was a trac ticket for audio stuttering but can't remember the id). Now a light weight audio chat activity that could be shared among multiple users would be useful. A few use cases: A.) school intercom system. ( This how use of TeamSpeak came about in the G1G1 sector as an experiment to see if XO could be used as a school intercom ). B.) communication for the blind C.) inexpensive conference call system Could this be a lighter weight subset of the Video chat system developed as audio chat?
my 2 cents worth, /Robert H. On Oct 12, 2008, at 1:11 AM, Pia Waugh wrote: > Hi all, > > We now have Videochat v9 which works. This is a great thing that > will help > children connect, and in particular help with remote support for > children. > It could assist with eHealth, remote education, speech therapy and any > number of useful functions. > > Anyway, it also needs more hacking, so anyone interested in helping > should > have a play and get involved. Currently it only does basic video > conferencing between 2 laptops but the vision (as it states on the > webpage) > is for whiteboard functionality and more. > > Anyway, thought there would probably be a few of you for whom this > would be > useful :) > > Download and information: > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Video_Chat > > Cheers, > Pia > > -- > OLPC Australia http:// > olpc.org.au/ > Linux Australia http:// > linux.org.au/ > Open Source Industry Australia http:// > osia.net.au/ > Software Freedom Day http:// > softwarefreedomday.org/ > > "We all pay for life with death, so everything in between > should be > free." - Bill Hicks > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel