1. Hi all,

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  5. Many people wher asking me about SkypeTalking future and how it goes, so now

  6. is the time to inform everyone about the project status.

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  8. So unfortunately, the day has come when I have to close the project.

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  10. Here are the reasons:

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  12. 1. I started using GW Connect since version 2.0 came out. It now implements

  13. the most important features in order to bring accessibility to the Skype

  14. service (except, I know, Facebook), it's localizable for any language like

  15. SkypeTalking was, and I like it. Additionally, it uses Skype Kit which

  16. implements more capabilities for developers than the legacy Skype Desktop

  17. API.

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  19. 2. I was working on the project since February 2010, when version 0.5 came

  20. out. During that time, I was actively working on the project, with some help

  21. from Gianluca Casalino from Italy. In the meantime, Gianluca was unable to

  22. contribute due to the personal reasons, and later I got a job where I was

  23. working for 8 months. Since there's no more people to work on the code, and

  24. I'm now focusing on other activities although I lost my job, noone else can

  25. work on the improvement.

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  27. 3. And the biggest reason! Skype Desktop API, that was used by SkypeTalking,

  28. is getting worse than better. I am not happy about that, and I can't do

  29. anything about that. That's why people have issues with SkypeTalking on

  30. reading chats, etc.

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  34. So for the end:

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  36. I'd like to say big thanks to:

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  38. - Andre, who was helping me with the internationalization stuff,

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  40. - Gianluca, who wrote some of the coolest features, such as Chat Monitoring,

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  42. - all translation contributors, who are responsible that SkypeTalking

  43. recently supported near 30 languages!

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  45. - and all people who gave me ideas and helped me in testing the program!

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  47. Although this is the end of SkypeTalking, it's not the end of my

  48. development. I liked and enjoyed working on SKT, it made my life easier

  49. while using Skype with my favorite screen reader (NVDA), and I was very

  50. excited about it because this is my first project used by many people

  51. worldwide. I was even able to work on it voluntairely, without any

  52. donations. Now I'm looking for other stuff that needs accessibility or

  53. improvement for the eas of use. For example, making a youtube client that

  54. will be far easier to use than the original web site, and may be I'll turn

  55. to a development for other platforms, such as Android.

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  57. The mailing list will remain open for the currently satisfied users, but the

  58. code will not be updated or fixed. The project is open source, so if someone

  59. wants to take over the project and continue working on such kind of forks,

  60. feel free to do this! The repository will be removed during the next week.

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  62. Translators and contributors, hope to see you on my future projects.

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  64. Without you, my software may be useful only for english or croatian speaking

  65. people.

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  69. With best regards,

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  73. Hrvoje Katić