User Manual

1 Introduction

Bria is a softphone from CounterPath that enables you to make VoIP voice and video calls, send and receive

instant messages, share online status (presence) information, and exchange files. Bria implements SIP-based

standards for phone calls, IM and presence, allowing you to work with different VoIP service providers. Bria

also uses XMPP-based stan dards for IM and presence.

Standard Telephone Features

The CounterPath Bria 3 for Mac softphone has all standard teleph one features, including:

• Call display and Message Waiting Indicator (MWI).

• Speakerphone and Mute.

• Redial, Hold, Do Not Disturb.

• Call history – list of received, missed, and dialed calls.

• Call forward.

• Call transfer.

• Call record.

• Auto answer.

• Six-party audio conferencing.

• Three-party video conferencing.

Enhanced Features and Functions

Bria also supports the following features and functio ns:

•Video

• IM and presence using the SIP SIMPLE protocol or the XMPP protocol.

• IM conferencing (group chat) via an XMPP account.

• Corporate chat rooms.

• Contact list containing the individual u ser’s contact s

• Directory containing names from a shared LDAP directory.

• File transfer via an XMPP account.

• Automatic detec tion and configuration of audi o and vid eo dev ices.

• Acoustic echo cancellation, automatic gain control, voice activity detection.

• Support for DTMF (RFC 2833 or inband DTMF).

• Support for the following audio codecs:

DVI4, DVI4 Wideband, G.711aLaw, G.711uLaw, G. 722, G.72 9, GSM, iLBC, L16 PCM Wideband, Speex,

Speex FEC, Speex Wideband, Speex Wideband FEC.

• Support for the following video codecs:

H.263, H.263+ 1998, H.264.