[Asterisk-biz] www.google.com/talk/

[smbPBX]

Lars:
I just took a look Asterisk IM

http://www.jivesoftware.org/asterisk-im/

Is there a way for Asterisk IM to work with GoogleTalk (which I understand 
uses Jabber)

Just wondering :)


On 8/26/05, Lars Dybdahl <ldybdahl at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> You don't.
> 
> Google Talk is based on the jabber.org <http://jabber.org> protocol, and 
> as far as I
> understand, that's also the protocol that delivers the voice.
> 
> Jabber is a decentralized protocol where everybody can set up their
> own servers etc., and user identities is based on the
> username at servername schema. This means that all jabber users can
> contact all other jabber users, no matter what their provider is -
> however, Google Talk doesn't seem to allow incoming and outgoing
> requests to/from their system right now. Many big companies use jabber
> protocol based instant messaging systems, and something seems to
> indicate, that jabber will conquer the world.
> 
> There is no inline dtmf signalling in the protocol or something
> equivalent that would make it suitable for connecting to asterisk, or
> make it suitable to replace the existing phone system. Therefore,
> jabber and Google Talk must be seen as a collaboration tool for
> computer users, and not a generic telephone tool.
> 
> However, Google will probably incorporate SIP phone features in a
> later version of the Google Talk client application.
> 
> One thing is sure: If somebody owns shares in Skype, sell them asap! :-)
> 
> Lars.
> 
> On 8/26/05, smbPBX <smbpbx at gmail.com> wrote:
> > How do you connect GoogleTalk to Asterisk?
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smbPBX
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