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Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 15:06:25 -0700
From: bjweeks16@gmail.com
To: toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Toolserver-l] Exemption to third party software rule

I think you misunderstand. Asterisk is a phone PBX that supports VoIP, it is not a internet chat application like Vent or TS. No client is going to have a GUI anything like Vent, the clients used will be so called softphones that will dial the server. Channels are conference rooms in Asterisk, like office phone conference systems. Moderation can be done, but again the clients will have no GUI for this.

Asterisk can use TTS but not for what you want. People will need a mic (or phone) to use the system. For clients you need a softphone, Kiax is a good IAX softphone and X-lite is a good SIP softphone (or just google for "sip softphone" or "iax softphone").

A phone gateway would be possible (and even totally free, but you can't get free tollfree numbers). I wouldn't suggest trying to do this on your own if you have little VoIP knowledge as the learning curve is quite large. If you don't use a configuration GUI (which I think is a really bad idea) you would have to write the dialplan logic by hand and configure the rest of the system.

On 10/6/07, The Fearow <fearow00@hotmail.com> wrote:

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).

 

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> Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 14:08:18 -0400
> From: gmaxwell@gmail.com
> To: toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Toolserver-l] Exemption to third party software rule
>

> On 10/5/07, The Fearow < fearow00@hotmail.com> 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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