FYI There is a new free VoIP soft phone like Skype for the PC and Mac called Gizmo. http://gizmoproject.com/
It has a built in call recording feature, security features, uses a VoIP standard called SIP, better sound quality, and is free. http://gizmoproject.com/ Listen to an example of the call quality via a recording I made here. http://www.audioactivism.org/2005/07/21/gizmo-makes-good-recordings/ LOTs of other neat stuff coming out soon in the VoIP realm. VoIP - Voice Over Internet Protocol SIP - Session Initiation Protocol -Brian audioactivism.org > Have you heard of Pamela Pro from Pamela Systems? It enables the user to > record skype calls and make podcasts out of them, without the need for > extra > hardware other than the pc. It has a free trial. The freeware version is > a > free skype ansaphone for the pc. I have no commercial interest in it just > thought it might be useful info. If you use Pamela pro be aware it sets > it > automatically in recording/sound settings. You need to reset it if you > want > to listen to the radio or sound via your pc and then get it ready for > pamela's use. > > Siobhan Ramsey > Sandbox Education > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pamela McLean > Sent: 31 July 2005 19:56 > To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group > Subject: Re: [DDN] reporter's query on the use of skype > > Phil asked for experiences with Skype. > > CawdNet has used Skype in various situations - and has some photos of > its use in Ago-Are. > > We agree it has great potential for people in the Diaspora to link home. > > When David Mutua and I visited the InfoCentre in Ago-Are last December > (our first visit since the VSAT was installed there ) we took along a > headset and installed Skype. People were amazed to see us talking with > friends in the UK. > > In a way it was even more amazing when we used Skype for contacting our > friends in urban areas in Nigeria - using Skype to phone. Ago-Are is in > a rural area and there are no phone networks for miles around. It had > never before been possible to contact someone in Ibadan, from Ago-Are, > to confirm arrangement for a planned visit to Ago-Are. The various > friends in Ibadan found it quite hard to believe, at first, that we were > actually speaking to them from Ago-Are. > > Word went round quickly - and the next morning the Oba (the local > hereditary ruler) came to the InfoCentre to phone his daughter in Lagos. > > David is based at Fantsuam Foundation in Kafanchan now - which is > another place with no telephones - and he uses Skype sometimes from there. > > Pam > > Pamela McLean > CawdNet convenor > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.cawd.net and click on CawdNet > > > > Phil Shapiro wrote: > >>hi everyone - >> >> yesterday i received a query from a reporter interested in writing >> an >>article about the uses of skype. here's the query: >> >> A newspaper reporter is looking to do a story about community >> groups >>that >>have used skype and similar such technology to allow immigrants to call >>home for free (or at rates far cheaper than previously possible). >>Additionally, if there are non-profits which previously paid high phone >>rates to keep in touch with their institutional partners abroad but are >> now >>calling for free using p2p technology, this reporter would also like to >>hear about it. Ideally, the reporter would like to find immigrant groups >> or >>non-profit organizations in NY city, but this is not requisite. Any and >> all >>leads welcome. >> >> if you have some stories to share on this topic, thanks for >> briefly >>describing them in an email to me. i'll forward them on to the >>reporter. >> >> - phil >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with > the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
