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1 <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
2       xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
3       type="topic" style="task"
4       id="video-call">
5
6   <info>
7     <link type="guide" xref="index#audio-video"/>
8     <link type="seealso" xref="audio-video"/>
9     <link type="seealso" xref="audio-call"/>
10     <desc>
11       Start a video conversation with one of your contacts.
12     </desc>
13     <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-02" status="stub"/>
14     <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-14" status="review">
15       <!--
16       <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-09-04" status="done"/>
17       -->
18     </revision>
19     <credit type="author">
20       <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
21       <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
22     </credit>
23     <copyright>
24       <year>2009</year>
25       <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
26     </copyright>
27     <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
28   </info>
29   <title>Start a video conversation</title>
30
31   <p>If you have a webcam, you can call your contacts and have an video
32   conversation with them.  This features only works with certain types of
33   accounts, and it requires the other person to have an application that
34   supports video calls.</p>
35
36   <steps>
37     <item>
38       <p>From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, click the
39       <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/camera-web.png">video call</media>
40       icon next to the name of the contact you wish to call.  Alternatively,
41       right click the contact and choose <gui>Video Call</gui>.</p>
42     </item>
43     <item>
44       <p>A new window will open. When the connection is established, you will
45       see <gui>Connected</gui> at the bottom of the window, along with the
46       total conversation time.</p>
47     </item>
48     <item>
49       <p>To end the conversation, choose <guiseq><gui>Call</gui><gui>Hang up</gui></guiseq>.</p>
50     </item>
51   </steps>
52   <note style="tip">
53     <p>To turn a video conversation into an adio conversation, choose
54     <guiseq><gui>Call</gui><gui>Send video</gui></guiseq>, or click the
55     <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/camera-web.png">video call</media>
56     toolbar button to deselect it.</p>
57   </note>
58
59
60
61 </page>