Using a PC as a telephone connected to the regular telephone line.

**Praetor** · 08-13-2004, 11:47 PM

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Well I'm not talking about anything to do with the internet.

You can do this with something like say Teamspeak or hell even Netmeeting. You dont need ineternet to get it to work

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I'm sure it's not duplex, so you could use it like an CB-radio

Depends in most cases its full duplex unless you're running an antiquated setup

aralebd · 08-14-2004, 07:22 PM

That's the whole point, the modem does not have a physical I/O, only the sound card has one.
Otherwise it would have been speakerphone supported - but as I said earlier it's not speakerphone supported (By the way all speakerphone supported modems are full duplex by definition).
I just go further and say that since the modem can record wav files (Or even mp3) I'm sure that it's possible to imitate the speakerphone facility by software using temerary wav files buffering as an audio stream for the sound card in a similar manner as one hears radio streams from the internet. So I thought may be one of you guys know about a software that does it.
By the way duplexing here might seem a bit hard because of the question wheter we can buffer both ways simultaneously or say fast enough. But I think that my Pentium IV with 2.8 GB clock or say today’s computers which are even better, should be able to handle it quite easily.
another thing: I'm not iterested in Netmeetings or any kind of messengers (I already have that) because the whole point is to connect the PC to the regular phone line to answer ordinary phone calls using my computer without the need for my telephone apparatus on my desk.
Finally I want to add - If no such software exists it's a damn good idea to write one, But I just can’t believe that I’m the first one who thought about it.

**Praetor** · 08-15-2004, 04:53 AM

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That's the whole point, the modem does not have a physical I/O, only the sound card has one.

I dont even have a modem and I can chat with buddies (a) around the world and (b) down the hall .... maybe im misinterpreting something :S

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By the way duplexing here might seem a bit hard because of the question wheter we can buffer both ways simultaneously or say fast enough

You can have a 20-billion GHz chip and it will still be capped by your network. You can handle full duplex on a pentium 133 chip (ive not tested on lower).

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because the whole point is to connect the PC to the regular phone line to answer ordinary phone calls using my computer without the need for my telephone apparatus on my desk.

There is such software, have a look for "phone software", "pc answering machine" etc. AT home we've got that setup going and it works pretty well

08-14-2004, 07:22 PM	#12 (permalink)
aralebd New Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 7	That's the whole point, the modem does not have a physical I/O, only the sound card has one. Otherwise it would have been speakerphone supported - but as I said earlier it's not speakerphone supported (By the way all speakerphone supported modems are full duplex by definition). I just go further and say that since the modem can record wav files (Or even mp3) I'm sure that it's possible to imitate the speakerphone facility by software using temerary wav files buffering as an audio stream for the sound card in a similar manner as one hears radio streams from the internet. So I thought may be one of you guys know about a software that does it. By the way duplexing here might seem a bit hard because of the question wheter we can buffer both ways simultaneously or say fast enough. But I think that my Pentium IV with 2.8 GB clock or say today’s computers which are even better, should be able to handle it quite easily. another thing: I'm not iterested in Netmeetings or any kind of messengers (I already have that) because the whole point is to connect the PC to the regular phone line to answer ordinary phone calls using my computer without the need for my telephone apparatus on my desk. Finally I want to add - If no such software exists it's a damn good idea to write one, But I just can’t believe that I’m the first one who thought about it. Last edited by aralebd; 08-14-2004 at 09:04 PM.

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