Ann, have you ever used something called teamtalk in linux? I know they make a port and it is also a talking conference type of software. Can't say if it is command-line based. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann K. Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 3:30 AM Subject: OT: Linux, online confrences, and IRC portals? > Hi Karen, > > Actually, a discussion of this kind is a worthy one for this list. I > don't know the technical details, but having explored the > possibilities of using the TCConference software in Linux, I can > understand your frustration. > > What client is this? Who makes it? Is it under the GPL? These > would be my first questions to ask. If it's under the GPL, making a > port would be easy. If it isn't, then you got problems. I > understand that TCConference works in Linux, for example, but you must > run X, and you must have a way to access it, either Gnome or something > else. Developers of TCConference haven't been exactly forthcoming > about just how their client works in Linux. These are problems I am > facing. I imagine you're in the same boat, though with a different > software. > > I'd really like to see a discussion of this problem and how it gets > solved. So, I'm pleading for folks not to take it off-list. > > Ann P. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > email: akp at eznet.net > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > Skype: Putertutor > "All that is gold does not glitter. > Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
