On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:09, 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.
Ouch... a conventional modem? Your data rate even for low quality codecs will be right on the limit, or over, for a 56k modem. Most VoIP seems to be 55 to 100kbps depending on codec (up in the ISDN modem ranges basically). Skype has been known to work in the past on 56k modems as long as you're not doing anything else over the connection, not trying to send/receive video, and you accept that the audio quality will be quite poor. I don't know if it will work with the current version though... you could always give it a try. You would probably be able to chat using something like TeamSpeak which uses roughly 15kpbs up and 25 kbps down. The problem is you'd have to use an externally hosted TS Server and know others on TS... on that server... on that channel. You could not call conventional phones this way. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org