Frequently Asked Questions
See also the Empathy FAQ
Do telepathy and empathy support voice calls between more than 2 people at the same time using jingle?
Not yet, but there is work going on to support it. See Muji
How can I get the logs for Telepathy applications?
See the Empathy debugging page on live.gnome
Is File Transfer compatible with the GTalk desktop client?
No, they are using a the Jingle File Transfer specification which is not implemented yet. There are plans to support it in the future.
Does Telepathy support audio and video chat with the GTalk web client (the one embedded in Gmail)?
Audio works. Video support has been difficult because it uses a non-standard protocol and used to only support a relatively obscure variant of H.264. Work on video compatibility is ongoing.
Does empathy support end to end encryption?
Implementation of end to end encryption is planned but not yet started. The plan is to implement XEP-0246 (current API sketch).
Where can I find documentation on how to develop with Telepathy?
The Telepathy Developer Manual which is still a WIP. It is also useful to always have the Telepathy Specification under the hand as a reference.
Does Telepathy work on Windows?
Not really, but people are working on it (Telepathy On Windows).