Preferences: Application panel

This panel lets you set preferences for the general user interface.

Settings in the panel:

ClosedGeneral Preferences (Windows)

Language: The language you want the app to run in. Restart Bria Stretto for the change to take effect. Supported languages are English (US), Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish.

Launch when Windows starts: Determines whether you need to start Bria Stretto manually.

  • Selected: Bria Stretto Bria Stretto launches when you start Windows.
  • Cleared: Start Bria Stretto manually.

Call immediately once a phone number is selected: Restart Bria Stretto for the change to take effect.

  • Selected: You can start a Bria Stretto call without click the Make a call button.
  • Cleared: You must click the Make a call button to start a call.

Set Bria Stretto as your default softphone: This works for Windows 7 only. See Setting Bria Stretto as your default softphone to set Bria Stretto as your default softphone in Windows 10.

Enable hardware acceleration: Turn off hardware acceleration for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). Turning this setting off is useful for graphics cards that do not support WPF.

  • Selected: Hardware acceleration is used.
  • Cleared: Hardware acceleration is not used.

Enable/Disable Outlook integration: See Office integration.

ClosedGeneral Preferences (Mac)

Pause iTunes when making or receiving calls:

  • Selected: Bria Stretto pauses iTunes when you are using Bria Stretto to place and receive calls.
  • Cleared: Bria Stretto does not pause iTunes when you are using Bria Stretto to place and receive calls.

Set Bria Stretto as your default softphone: Determines whether Bria Stretto is your default softphone.

  • Selected: Bria Stretto is your default softphone.
  • Cleared: Bria Stretto is not your default softphone.

Call immediately once a phone number is selected: Restart Bria Stretto for the change to take effect.

  • Selected: You can start a Bria Stretto call without click the Make a call button.
  • Cleared: You must click the Make a call button to start a call.

The language on Bria Stretto is controlled by macOS system primary language.

ClosedMessages & Presence

Display idle status if I don’t use my computer for:

  • Selected: Bria Stretto automatically changes your status to Idle if you have not used your computer for a set amount of time.
  • Set the amount of time here. Time is measured in minutes.

In messaging, pressing Enter will: Set the action for pressing Enter when you are composing an IM.

  • Send the message (Use Shift + Enter to create a line) (Windows)
  • Create a new line (Use Shift+ Enter to send) (Windows)
  • Send the message (Use Ctrl+ Enter to create a new line) (Mac)
  • Create a new line (Use Ctrl+ Enter to send) (Mac)

Show timestamp on messages: Changing this setting affects all messages in your history.

  • Selected: Bria Stretto displays date and time information in the message.
  • Cleared: Cleared: Bria Stretto only displays the message content.

You can always hover over a message to get the date and time information.

Show hyperlink preview on messages: Bria Stretto can display a preview for any hyperlinks that appear in Messages.

  • Selected: Bria Stretto shows a hyperlink preview in the message.
  • Cleared: Bria Stretto does not show a hyperlink preview in the message.

Messaging Font Face: Use the drop-down box to select a different font for your messages.

Messaging Font Size: Use the drop-down box to select a font size for your messages.

ClosedDefault Actions

This section lets you configure the default action for the Call and Transfer buttons and the action that occurs for double-clicking on a contact.

  • You can set the action of the Call button to Call, Make a video call, or Start a conference.
  • You can set the action of the Transfer button to Call First for attended transfers or Transfer Now for unattended transfer. You can use the drop-down to change the action of the button on an individual call basis. See Transferring a call.
  • You can set the action for double-clicking to Call, IM, or E-mail.

Button: Use the drop-down list to select the button you want to change the default action for.

  • Call
  • Transfer

Default Action: Use the drop-down list to set the action that occurs when you single-click on the Call or Transfer button.

Call button

  • Call
  • Make a video call
  • Start a conference
  • Call First
  • Transfer Now

Transfer button

  • Call First
  • Transfer Now

Action when double-clicking on contact: Use the drop-down list to set the action that occurs when you double-click on a contact.

  • Call
  • IM
  • E-mail
ClosedSecurity

This section lets you decide what happens when another application requests Bria Stretto API access. It also allows you to see if you have allowed or denied access to APIs and change the access.

When an application requests Bria Stretto API access: Select one of the options to determine how API requests are handled.

  • Prompt to all access each time
  • Allow access always
  • Deny access always

Allowed Applications and Denied Applications: When Prompt to allow access each time is selected, move applications that have requested API access between columns.

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Bria Stretto™ User Guide - Windows and Mac - Version 5.7
Publication date: 2019-09-17

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