On 07/30/2010 10:07 AM, James Knott wrote:
Istvan Gabor wrote:
Hello:
I have a conventinal external serial line data/vioce/fax modem. Is it possible to make phone calls through the computer using this modem? I mean I would plug a headset into the computer's sound card and making the conversation through the headset. What program can do this? I have openSUSE 11.2.
Thanks,
Istvan
No. Those modems do not support voice at all. "Soft modems", which are essentially a sound card, may.
Two caveats: I've been on broadband for about 5 years, now, and I don't know what the current phone modems can do and have; and I never had an external modem, so don't know whether James is right or not. BUT... I used hardware modems and Winmodems ("soft" modems) from the late 80's until I went broadband, and for several years I used them as answering machines for my home personal and business use. Every one of them had a phone jack on the back panel that you could connect a handheld to, and every one came with software that you could use to connect to a mike through a sound card. I used both, both professionally and for home use on my single phone line with two accounts and two different numbers -- one for personal use and one for business use. On the other hand, linux back then was too primitive to use that way; I connected my linux box through Ethernet to my wife's Windows box, which held the modem and the Windows communication software. My points are that: --1. he may already have what he needs if he'll look at the back panel of his modem. --2. even if he doesn't, suse or someone may have the software he needs to connect to his modem through his sound card. John Perry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org