Davem734

That was the first thing we tried.

I think both links point to the same program.

I am not sure if this id deliberate or a mistake.

But I soure wish they would fix it...

Try re-installing the free version. I seem to remember on the older Windows versions of the program there was a 'bug' where the free version would keep expiring after 14 days until reinstalled. I believe this was fixed (although I'm not certain), perhaps this 'bug' still exists on the mac version.

My parents have downloaded Express Talk Basic and it expires after 14 days. It is now asking them to register. How do they get past the registration so they can use the free version? They have no need for advanced features. Is there a better choice for a simple (SIP enabled) softphone on the MAC?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Dave

Did you ever get your problem resolved?

My parents are haveing the same problem.

I tried NCH support bt just got a blow-off auto-reply e-mail.

Looks a lot like the free version is just "bait and switch" spam for search engines?

 

I already did that and it still get's disabled after 14 days...?

 

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Have you been able to run express talk on Linux yet? There are lots of other softphone choices for Linux. I am using Ekiga and it works just as well as express talk basic.

You're right, this forum sucks...and it suck that NCH hasn't ported Express Talk to run natively on Linux. Linux is the fastest growing operating system and it's only a matter of time before its users outnumber Max OS users, but it's not true that there aren't any people running this software on Linux. I have loaded and run the software on Ubuntu Linux and it runs using WINE but I have the same audio problem that this user has... no inbound sound. I can make and receive calls and the other end can hear me but I can't hear them. The problem seems to be in the audio settings configuration in Express Talk. Incidentally, I have a similar problem running it on Windows XP... the audio settings don't "stick" so I have to reconfigure the audio input and output devices each time I run the program... very poor programming! Anyway, on Linux I don't even have a choice over the output audio device... it only shows "default sound out" in the drop down. My audio works fine using Skype on Linux and other audio programs running under WINE so I don't think it's WINE... again the suspicion goes to the NCH software. If anyone can help me with either of these problems, WINE or Windows XP, I would be very grateful. Because of these problems I have ordered a VoIP router from iPhonex to get around this problem, but if I experience any technical problems with the router then I'll be switching to Vonage where as least I know the technology works very well and the support is good, and at the same price as iPhonex without having to pay extra for support!