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11-19-2008 , 11:24 PM
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That is a good idea. In theory, you can do this now with two tablets and two GTalk or Gizmo accounts. I don't know if there is a call limit in place for either service, and re-establishing connection would be an issue. Hmmmm..... Is it possible to initiate a call on a remote tablet via ssh? If there is a way, then you could leave one tablet in the baby's room, and never have to touch it. Have the volume turned to mute, and initiate the SIP call with video from the tablet you use as the monitor... just some thoughts from someone not that fluent with this stuff
As I said, I'm not that fluent with this stuff... I was thinking initially to initiate the SIP call on a remote tablet via ssh and the CLI. I realized this evening that all you need is x11vnc running on the tablet in the baby's room, and vnc viewer running on the tablet that you are using as the monitor. Then its simply a matter of vnc'ing into the remote tablet to initiate the call, and then answering that call on your own tablet. And yes, I know I'm off topic from the OP's initial post. Haven't tried it, but should work.
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