[CGUYS] Channeling Videophones
iChat. It's built into every Mac. As is the camera. It's essentially one-click teleconferencing. -- Forwarded Message From: Daniel Else <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:12:12 -0400 Subject: Channeling Videophones Anyone have experience with doing the videophone experience? A colleague is trying to come up with a way to get his ancient auntie online with a no-hassle version of a videoconferencing capability. Dear Auntie has no computer skills or computer, nephew will take care of purchasing required hardware/software. Apple or PC doesn't seem to matter, since we're starting with a clean slate. If one takes the Motorola Ojo as the optimal endstate, how close can we get to mimicing it with a combination of computer/webcam/software? Dan * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived -- End of Forwarded Message * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
Re: [CGUYS] Channeling Videophones
Dan, I use Skype with a web cam and it works pretty well. Discounting Skype's outage this past week it has been extremely reliable. I used it on a recent trip to China to keep in touch with my family here in the states. Voice quality suffers if either end has bandwidth constraints and I assume that goes double for video quality. Two of the hotels I stayed at in China had VERY fast Internet connections and we have DSL here at the house -- those connections were nearly CD quality. The third Chinese hotel had an overtaxed T1 and you got some half-duplex and echo problems. But I would say that if Auntie has broadband (cable, DSL, or FiOS) Skype would work fine for her. -Mike __ Michel David Lowe Purcellville, VA > -Original Message- > From: Computer Guys Announcements and Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Else > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 9:12 PM > To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM > Subject: [CGUYS] Channeling Videophones > > Anyone have experience with doing the videophone experience? > > A colleague is trying to come up with a way to get his ancient auntie > online with a no-hassle version of a videoconferencing capability. Dear > Auntie has no computer skills or computer, nephew will take care of > purchasing required hardware/software. Apple or PC doesn't seem to matter, > since we're starting with a clean slate. > > If one takes the Motorola Ojo as the optimal endstate, how close can we > get to mimicing it with a combination of computer/webcam/software? > > Dan > > > > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
[CGUYS] Channeling Videophones
Anyone have experience with doing the videophone experience? A colleague is trying to come up with a way to get his ancient auntie online with a no-hassle version of a videoconferencing capability. Dear Auntie has no computer skills or computer, nephew will take care of purchasing required hardware/software. Apple or PC doesn't seem to matter, since we're starting with a clean slate. If one takes the Motorola Ojo as the optimal endstate, how close can we get to mimicing it with a combination of computer/webcam/software? Dan * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
