In that case, I think i'm going to do with something like Asterisk. I chose
Ventrilo as its already popular and has a lot of options. Does asterisk support
channels, moderation, etc?
One other feature about Ventrilo that as far as I can tell would be more
difficult with something like Asterisk, is the TTS engine for users without a
microphone. It sounds decent (although for those poor SP1 users they get
Microsoft Sam), and allows users with no microphone to participate in voice
chat.
Could anyone provide some examples of good compatible clients that support
these features?
-Matt
Note: I also love the idea of a gateway from standard telephone, but we
probably wouldnt be able to do that. If we could it'd be a great way to start a
de Wikinews Hotline (see the main page of Wikinews).
> Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 14:08:18 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
> [email protected]> Subject: Re: [Toolserver-l] Exemption to
> third party software rule> > On 10/5/07, The Fearow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:> >> > Hey,> > I'd like to get an exemption to run a copy of Ventrilo>
> > (http://www.ventrilo.com/index.php) for use as an> > alternative to IRC.
> For a start it will be for Wikinews, although I intend> > to make it into a
> general Wikimedia server. I'll make channels available> > that pretty much
> align with the IRC ones.> >> > I can answer any questions if necessary.> >
> Ignoring for a moment whatever issue Wikimedia Deutschland may have> with
> someone running a VoIP server on equipment they own:> > I think it's a bad
> idea to run a closed/proprietary VoIP service with> limited cross platform
> support.> > If we want to do VoIP stuff we should use Asterisk, which I've>
> maintained before and wouldn't mind helping with. The challenge then> becomes
> making good client software recommendations, which is> something that I can't
> help with for windows/mac users. :) There are,> however, a lot of options.> >
> Beyond the advantages of staying in the realm of free/open protocols> and
> software using asterisk has other advantages: It's very easy to> tie
> applications/tools into asterisk. For example, when I ran a demo> asterisk
> server for some Wikimedia stuff I setup an interface that> allowed you to
> listen call a 1800 number and listen to spoken> Wikipedia articles, and the
> interface only took a few minutes to> setup.> >
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