Isight connect via ip address

I just bought an imac (first time mac user) and i would like to use the isight camera to connect to my parents (who are deaf) video phone via ip address. Can this be done? I don't see a way to do it with ichat is there another application that i can use?

Welcome to Apple Discussions, jonesyusa
You are right that iChat will NOT connect directly to your parents' video phone.
If your parents use some kind of Sorenson video phone, try the suggestions that
helped user BroadwayBound96 at this post:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4876286&#4876286
If your parent's video phone is by another vendor, substitute that vendor's name and contact info in the suggestions offered in the above link.
The only other difference is that iChat System Requirements for the new Leopard version of iChat (iChat 4) is shown in this Apple knowledge-base article.
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz w/Mac OS X (10.4.11) G5 DP 1.8 w/Mac OS X (10.5.2) External iSight

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