VoIP Users Conference » digium http://www.voipusersconference.org Live every Friday at 12 Noon Eastern time Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:46:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.voipusersconference.org/feed/podcast/ This is a weekly live meeting of people all over the world who are interested in sharing knowledge and experiences about telephony over the Internet. Guests include authors, innovators, programmers and Internet personalities. The conference is reached by phoning in using SIP, Skype or a web page widget shown on the main web site http://vuc.me @voipusers clean @voipusers itunes@voipusersconference.org itunes@voipusersconference.org (@voipusers) VOIP allows you to do almost anything with incoming and outgoing telephone lines. telephony,communications,international,asterisk,freeswitch,freepbx,skype VoIP Users Conference » digium http://www.voipusersconference.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/_vuc144.jpg http://www.voipusersconference.org “@BeelineBill” Bill Miller http://www.voipusersconference.org/2010/beeline-bill-miller/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2010/beeline-bill-miller/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:00:14 +0000 Zeeek/Randulo http://www.voipusersconference.org/?p=1972 This was a very interesting look into the corporate corridors, where Bill has worked for decades. He traces his humble beginnings to analog computers, tells of few Mark Spencer stories and just plain hangs out with the VUC regulars.

Bill Miller is a former Vice President of Product Development at Digium. Bill was also a senior product manager at 3COM and has decades of network experience. He’s worked in VoIP since 1996. I’m sure he’s got some great stories to share!

Over 25 years in voice and data networking, security and network management. Extensive product management and marketing background, Bill has held successful senior level positions at fortune 500 and multinational companies and with early stage start-ups in marketing, sales, and strategic alliances.

IRC LInks for 2010-04-23

]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2010/beeline-bill-miller/feed/ 2 3COM,analog computer,Bill Miller,digium,Internet,interview,networking,technology,VoIP This was a very interesting look into the corporate corridors, where Bill has worked for decades. He traces his humble beginnings to analog computers, tells of few Mark Spencer stories and just plain hangs out with the VUC regulars. This was a very interesting look into the corporate corridors, where Bill has worked for decades. He traces his humble beginnings to analog computers, tells of few Mark Spencer stories and just plain hangs out with the VUC regulars. (http://www.voipusersconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/BeelineBill.jpg)Bill Miller is a former Vice President of Product Development at Digium. (http://www.voip-news.com/vendors/digium/) Bill was also a senior product manager at 3COM and has decades of network experience. He's worked in VoIP since 1996. I'm sure he's got some great stories to share! Over 25 years in voice and data networking, security and network management. Extensive product management and marketing background, Bill has held successful senior level positions at fortune 500 and multinational companies and with early stage start-ups in marketing, sales, and strategic alliances. IRC LInks for 2010-04-23 @voipusers clean 1:14:58 Counterpath and Digium Do It! http://www.voipusersconference.org/2010/counterpath-and-digium-do-it/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2010/counterpath-and-digium-do-it/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:00:52 +0000 Zeeek/Randulo http://www.voipusersconference.org/?p=1498
We will be welcoming Bria Product Director Todd Carothers to the VUC in a second segment on Jan 29th at 1PM EST.

From this press release:

CounterPath and Digium(R) Launch Asterisk-Based Multimedia Softphone

Based on open standards, Bria for Asterisk combines Digium’s Asterisk, AsteriskNOW and Asterisk Business Edition telephony platforms with Bria Professional, CounterPath’s enterprise-class, multimedia softphone. Bria for Asterisk gives users advanced telephony features, yet can be quickly set up and configured with any Asterisk deployment.

The VUC is officially testing Bria on Windows and OS X and we hope provide valuable feedback to Counterpath during this launch.

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Yet another group of geeks discuss the iPad
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]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2010/counterpath-and-digium-do-it/feed/ 1 asterisk,Bria,counterpath,digium,sip,softphone,Todd Carothers We will be welcoming Bria Product Director Todd Carothers to the VUC in a second segment on Jan 29th at 1PM EST. - From this press release: - CounterPath and Digium(R) Launch Asterisk-Based Multimedia Softphone - Based on open standards, (http://voipusersconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Counterpath.jpg) We will be welcoming Bria Product Director Todd Carothers to the VUC in a second segment on Jan 29th at 1PM EST. From this press release (http://bit.ly/729ZP2): CounterPath (http://www.counterpath.com/) and Digium (http://digium.com)(R) Launch Asterisk-Based Multimedia Softphone Based on open standards, Bria for Asterisk combines Digium's Asterisk, AsteriskNOW and Asterisk Business Edition telephony platforms with Bria Professional, CounterPath's enterprise-class, multimedia softphone. Bria for Asterisk gives users advanced telephony features, yet can be quickly set up and configured with any Asterisk deployment. The VUC is officially testing Bria on Windows and OS X and we hope provide valuable feedback to Counterpath during this launch. Yet another group of geeks discuss the iPad @voipusers clean The UnixDawg on FusionPbx http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/fusionpbx/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/fusionpbx/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:07:43 +0000 Zeeek/Randulo http://www.voipusersconference.org/?p=1232 fusionpbx

Thanks to Digium andfor allocating more channels of Skype for Asterisk to reach the ZipDX conference bridge and to John Todd for making this happen! We had a lot of live callers, including many on Skype.

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]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/fusionpbx/feed/ 1 digium,Fusionpbx,skype - Thanks to Digium andfor allocating more channels of Skype for Asterisk to reach the ZipDX conference bridge and to John Todd for making this happen! We had a lot of live callers, including many on Skype. - Unixdawg on FusionPbx (http://www.voipusersconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/fusionpbx1.png) Thanks to Digium (http://digium.com) andfor allocating more channels of Skype for Asterisk (http://www.digium.com/en/products/software/skypeforasterisk.php) to reach the ZipDX conference bridge and to John Todd for making this happen! We had a lot of live callers, including many on Skype. Unixdawg on FusionPbx (http://fusionpbx.com) @voipusers clean Digium Security Webinar http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/digium-security-webinar/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/digium-security-webinar/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:11:11 +0000 Zeeek/Randulo http://www.voipusersconference.org/?p=1229

]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/digium-security-webinar/feed/ 0 Vestec’s Kashif Kahn at Astricon http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/vestec-offer/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/vestec-offer/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:00:03 +0000 Zeeek/Randulo http://www.voipusersconference.org/?p=1102 You meet a lot of great people at Astricon, and you learn a lot of interesting new things. One thing that may be of interest to you is the announcement Kashif Kahn, Vestec VP of Biz Dev, made in his presentation on speech recognition here: You can get a full license for one port of their speech recognition for $25. Kashif says specifically that they came up with this offer as a way of reacting to the feedback from our session with Digium/Vestec a few weeks ago. Good news for everyone, you can now afford to evalute the product with an unlimited license, including the API, for the price of a week’s worth of coffees at $YourExpensiveCoffeeChain.

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]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/vestec-offer/feed/ 2 speech recognition You meet a lot of great people at Astricon, and you learn a lot of interesting new things. One thing that may be of interest to you is the announcement Kashif Kahn, Vestec VP of Biz Dev, made in his presentation on speech recognition here: You can get ... You meet a lot of great people at Astricon, and you learn a lot of interesting new things. One thing that may be of interest to you is the announcement Kashif Kahn, Vestec VP of Biz Dev, made in his presentation on speech recognition here: You can get a full license for one port of their speech recognition for $25. Kashif says specifically that they came up with this offer as a way of reacting to the feedback from our session with Digium/Vestec a few weeks ago (http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/10/affordable-speech-recognition/). Good news for everyone, you can now afford to evalute the product with an unlimited license, including the API, for the price of a week's worth of coffees at $YourExpensiveCoffeeChain. VUC clean 10:00 Affordable Speech Recognition http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/affordable-speech-recognition/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/affordable-speech-recognition/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:33 +0000 Zeeek/Randulo http://www.voipusersconference.org/?p=1031 Vestec Speech Engine for Asterisk®

Digium has just rolled out a new Asterisk speech recognition tool-kit from a partner company called Vestec.  At $99/channel, speech recognition is down to a price point where virtually any application can be speech-enabled.

Also, Fax for Asterisk, Skype for Asterisk, Astricon, mobile phones and more on part two.

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Transcript IRC-20091002

]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/affordable-speech-recognition/feed/ 1 speech recognition,Digium Vestec Speech Engine for Asterisk® - Digium has just rolled out a new Asterisk speech recognition tool-kit from a partner company called Vestec.  At $99/channel, speech recognition is down to a price point where virtually any application can be speech-... Vestec Speech Engine for Asterisk® Digium has just rolled out a new Asterisk speech recognition tool-kit from a partner company called Vestec.  At $99/channel, speech recognition is down to a price point where virtually any application can be speech-enabled. Also, Fax for Asterisk, Skype for Asterisk, Astricon, mobile phones and more on part two. Part 1: Part 2: Transcript IRC-20091002 randulo clean 1:00:00 AMOOCON 2009 Video http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/amoocon/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/amoocon/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 07:27:44 +0000 Zeeek/Randulo http://www.voipusersconference.org/?p=485

And now, hot off the FlipVideo, here’s a taste of Rostock and AMOOCON from a human perspective:

THE DIGIUM you didn’t know existed:

And then there was the “C Shanties”

]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/amoocon/feed/ 0 General Discussion at AMOOCON http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/amoocon-talk/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/amoocon-talk/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 15:54:40 +0000 Zeeek/Randulo http://www.voipusersconference.org/?p=464 Download audio file (amoocondiscussion.mp3)

Although I managed to herd a great group of people into the speakers’ lounge and record a wide-ranging discussion, the first part was lost due to a software glitch on the recorder. It seems that the low battery level shut things down and ditched the file. The part posted here is only the second hour (heh) but there are some interesting things to hear.

Topics covered include codecs, video, Skype for Asterisk, teleconference robots, “robot Mark”, presence, stereo codecs, and lots more. One side (Zoa, Diana Cionoiu etc) rags on the iPhone, the other side says “get used to it”.

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]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/amoocon-talk/feed/ 0 AMOOCON discussion - Although I managed to herd a great group of people into the speakers' lounge and record a wide-ranging discussion, the first part was lost due to a software glitch on the recorder. It seems that the low battery level shut things down and ditched the... Although I managed to herd a great group of people into the speakers' lounge and record a wide-ranging discussion, the first part was lost due to a software glitch on the recorder. It seems that the low battery level shut things down and ditched the file. The part posted here is only the second hour (heh) but there are some interesting things to hear. Topics covered include codecs, video, Skype for Asterisk, teleconference robots, "robot Mark", presence, stereo codecs, and lots more. One side (Zoa, Diana Cionoiu etc) rags on the iPhone, the other side says "get used to it". MP3 DOWNLOAD LINK (http://voipusersconference.org/wp-content/uploads/amoocondiscussion.mp3) randulo clean 1:00:00 Digium Support for Asterisk Open Source Edition http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/fri-apr-17th-at-12-noon-support-for-asterisk-open-source/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/fri-apr-17th-at-12-noon-support-for-asterisk-open-source/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:00:34 +0000 Zeeek/Randulo http://www.voipusersconference.org/?p=378 Download audio file (TS-211605.mp3)

Randal Schwartz (FLOSS Weekly) chatted with us about paid support for Open Source software.

Steve Sokol joined us to talk about what this means to the community and to small, medium and large busines installations.

With Digium’s support subscriptions for open source Asterisk, enterprise developers and systems administrators can call on the expertise of the company that created Asterisk. Digium’s technical support team offers professional assistance with installation, configuration, and systems operation issues.

Digium’s blog has a post about this, and that sends you to the product page.

A lot more happened including discussion of Digium’s new free FAX channel that replaces drop in solutions such as SpanDSP and the eternal questions about SfA (Skype for Asterisk).

Note the name siptosis, unlike the similar word “halitosis” is pro-nounced “SIP 2 SIS”. These calls are educational!

IRC Transcript 2009-04-17

]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/fri-apr-17th-at-12-noon-support-for-asterisk-open-source/feed/ 0 Asterisk FAX,digium,open source,randal schwartz,SfA,siptosis,Skype for Asterisk,Steve Sokol,support - Randal Schwartz (FLOSS Weekly) chatted with us about paid support for Open Source software. - Steve Sokol joined us to talk about what this means to the community and to small, medium and large busines installations. Randal Schwartz (FLOSS Weekly (http://twit.tv/floss)) chatted with us about paid support for Open Source software. Steve Sokol joined us to talk about what this means to the community and to small, medium and large busines installations. With Digium's support subscriptions for open source Asterisk, enterprise developers and systems administrators can call on the expertise of the company that created Asterisk. Digium's technical support team offers professional assistance with installation, configuration, and systems operation issues. Digium's blog (http://blogs.digium.com/2009/03/31/digium-launches-support-for-open-source-asterisk/) has a post about this, and that sends you to the product page (http://www.digium.com/en/supportcenter/asterisk.php). A lot more happened including discussion of Digium's new free FAX channel that replaces drop in solutions such as SpanDSP and the eternal questions about SfA (Skype for Asterisk). Note the name siptosis, unlike the similar word "halitosis" is pro-nounced "SIP 2 SIS". These calls are educational! IRC Transcript 2009-04-17 (http://www.voipusersconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/2009-04-17.txt) randulo clean 1:00:00 Skype for Asterisk with Steve Sokol http://www.voipusersconference.org/2008/skype-for-asterisk/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2008/skype-for-asterisk/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:00:31 +0000 Zeeek/Randulo http://sessions.voipusersconference.org/?p=210
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Skype for Asterisk with Steve Sokol, Digium product manager. Also a general talk about life, the universe and everything such as the high points of VoIP in 2008.

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]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2008/skype-for-asterisk/feed/ 0 asterisk,digium,skype Image by alexmuse via Flickr - - Skype for Asterisk with Steve Sokol, Digium product manager. Also a general talk about life, the universe and everything such as the high points of VoIP in 2008. Related articles by Zemanta - Digium Offers Subsc... (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/97/279414177_02f779df60_m.jpg) Image by alexmuse (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93504305@N00/279414177) via Flickr Skype for Asterisk with Steve Sokol, Digium product manager. Also a general talk about life, the universe and everything such as the high points of VoIP in 2008. Related articles by Zemanta Digium Offers Subscription Support Plans for Asterisk (http://ostatic.com/blog/digium-offers-subscription-support-plans-for-asterisk) (ostatic.com) Skype for SIP == Skype for Asterisk DOA? (http://skypejournal.com/2009/03/skype-for-sip-skype-for-asterisk-doa.html) (skypejournal.com) Top 30 VoIP Leaders On Twitter (http://www.lucafiligheddu.com/2009/03/top-30-voip-leaders-on-twitter.html) (lucafiligheddu.com) (http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=d8d09582-548e-4c8f-84af-16b412194d69) @voipusers clean Recent Voip News & Commentary with Michael Graves http://www.voipusersconference.org/2008/recent-voip-news-michael-graves/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2008/recent-voip-news-michael-graves/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:00:44 +0000 Zeeek/Randulo http://sessions.voipusersconference.org/?p=267 Download audio file (TS-137957.mp3)

Recent Voip News & Commentary, Digium partners with FreePBX, SIP/DECT vs ATA+DECT for cordless phones, Karle Fife on the new Rhino failover BRI/PRI card, John Todd on “The Proxifier”, Darrick Hartman announced Astlinux 0.6 expected next week, includes Asterisk GUI 2.0 Digital Opsys draw for Astricon 08 exhibitors pass Many thanks to Michael Graves for stepping in!

]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2008/recent-voip-news-michael-graves/feed/ 0 astlinux,Astricon,ATA,Darrick Hartman,DECT,digium,FreePBX,gui,John Todd,Michael Graves,Rhino,sip - Recent Voip News & Commentary, Digium partners with FreePBX, SIP/DECT vs ATA+DECT for cordless phones, Karle Fife on the new Rhino failover BRI/PRI card, John Todd on "The Proxifier", Darrick Hartman announced Astlinux 0.6 expected next week, Recent Voip News & Commentary, Digium partners with FreePBX, SIP/DECT vs ATA+DECT for cordless phones, Karle Fife on the new Rhino failover BRI/PRI card, John Todd on "The Proxifier", Darrick Hartman announced Astlinux 0.6 expected next week, includes Asterisk GUI 2.0 Digital Opsys draw for Astricon 08 exhibitors pass Many thanks to Michael Graves (http://mgraves.org) for stepping in! @voipusers clean Mark Spencer, Creator of Asterisk http://www.voipusersconference.org/2008/mark-spencer-creator-of-asterisk/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2008/mark-spencer-creator-of-asterisk/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:00:20 +0000 Zeeek/Randulo http://sessions.voipusersconference.org/?p=275
OSBC San Francisco 06
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Does Mark need an introduction? I think not. He’ll be live to answer questions and talk about what’s going on with all things asterisk (which is a registered trademark of Digium)

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]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2008/mark-spencer-creator-of-asterisk/feed/ 0 asterisk,digium,Mark Spencer Image by jimgris via Flickr - Does Mark need an introduction? I think not. He'll be live to answer questions and talk about what's going on with all things asterisk (which is a registered trademark of Digium) Related articles by Zemanta - The futur... (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/29/100344793_c2c766fbeb_m.jpg)Image by jimgris (http://www.flickr.com/photos/80887578@N00/100344793) via Flickr Does Mark need an introduction? I think not. He'll be live to answer questions and talk about what's going on with all things asterisk (which is a registered trademark of Digium) Related articles by Zemanta The future of open source (http://r.zemanta.com/?u=http%3A//www.infoworld.com/article/08/12/24/52FE-open-source-future_1.html&a=2388719&rid=c8c5286e-4860-4f86-8a37-68e338449365&e=92f72164944c1d7acee45437e5cb8d68) (infoworld.com) Top 30 VoIP Leaders On Twitter (http://www.lucafiligheddu.com/2009/03/top-30-voip-leaders-on-twitter.html) (lucafiligheddu.com) (http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=c8c5286e-4860-4f86-8a37-68e338449365) @voipusers clean