hello, I use the apt package, though I wouldn't do that on a production server; it's dependencies make no sense at all. It wants xserver for asterisk, weird. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry D. Cudney" <terry.cudney@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 8:48 AM Subject: Re: configuring asterisk:cheap phone? > Hi all, > > It looks like there are a number of people here who are using or are > interested in voip. > Asterisk has a steep learning curve and I wouldn't recommend starting > into it if you are only going to use it for a short time. ON the other > hand, if you can justify the time to learn it, using straight asterisk > 1.4/1.6 is very accessible for us bliind users. All configs are text > files. Once you get a handle on it, setting up new phones/lines is very > quick and easy. If you are using Debian, there is an asterisk apt package > that does quite nicely fo rthe base asterisk installation. > I have not looked at the numerous graphical configuration systems (like > pbxinaflash or trixbox). Perhaps some of you who have used some of these > could comment on their accessibility using commandline tools/speakup. > How many people here have asterisk (or other voip server) running that > we could maybe set up a "blinknet" based on iax2 (or even sip)? > > Let's all thank Kirk for his liberality in not restricting postings here > to just speakup-related topics! > > --terry > > -- > Name: Terry D. Cudney > Phone: 705-812-4949 > SIP: 5000 at cudney.homeip.net > E-mail: terry at octothorp.org > > Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like... > having a peeing sectionin a swimming pool. > > Tired of technology? Check this out: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
