freeswitch, freeswitch everywhere, and not a phone in sight

FreeSWITCH, FreeSWITCH Everywhere, and Not A Phone In Sight

CAN YOU SPEAK MAGIC?

WHO AM I?

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Ben Klang

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WHY DOES THE TELEPHONESTILL MATTER?

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WHY DOES THE TELEPHONE MATTER?

1. Ubiquitous connectivity 2. Simple, global addressing scheme 3. 911

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WHY DO TELEPHONES SUCK?

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WHY DO TELEPHONES SUCK?1. Narrowband voice 2. DTMF or Speech as only input options 3. No ability to signal availability/presence 4. No separate signaling channel 5. Single media stream, with no possible upgrade 6. Byzantine regulatory and cost hurdles

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WHY DOES THE TELEPHONESTILL MATTER?

IT’S THE LEAST COMMON DENOMINATOR.

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RESULT OF TELEPHONES SUCKING

•Telephone Minutes are declining •App usage is growing

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R.I.P. 2006 ~ 2015

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WHAT CAN FREESWITCH DOFOR WEB & MOBILE APPS?

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WHAT IS FREESWITCH GOOD AT?• Detecting and generating DTMF • Sending and receiving Faxes • Connecting FXS/FXO, ISDN/PRI, SIP • Answering Machine Detection • Conferencing bridges

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WHAT IS FREESWITCH GOOD AT?• Dealing with NAT • Taming misbehaving endpoints • Transcoding any audio to any other audio codec • Dealing with Websockets & SIP sockets & EventSockets and all other kinds of sockets • Playing and Recording lots of media • Connecting thing A to thing B

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WHAT WILL FREESWITCH BE GOOD AT?• Video transcoding: H.264 / VP8 • MCU - Video mixing • Bridging signaling types (SIP/Verto) • Connecting legacy endpoints to the Web • Engine for media applications • Avatars/software personalities

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Ben Klang@bklang

@MojoLingo