Answer the Phone via Mac

teknovision · 02-19-2004, 04:49 AM

Hi there!

I would curious to know if anyone has heard of any software that would allow me to answer telephone (landline) calls through my mac (56k modem port), without any additional hardware?

Cheers for all your help,

Phil

cudaboy_71 · 02-19-2004, 05:00 PM

i dont believe the modems in current macs are voice modems...data only.

no links tho..maybe someone else has more info.

rusto · 02-19-2004, 05:04 PM

I haven't been able to do this since my Centris 660av.

cudaboy_71 · 02-19-2004, 05:26 PM

"AV" being a crucial element. i believe my 8100/100AV would too.

rusto · 02-19-2004, 05:52 PM

Yep, they had a DSP built-in that made the difference.

brontojoris · 02-19-2004, 06:26 PM

I think you will need to bite the bullet and buy some extra hardware such as the Phlink which you can get from DevDepot

giraffe · 02-19-2004, 06:53 PM

Hi, try http://hartmann-b.de/CoMa/CoMa_X.html

seems to be a good tool which also does faxing and voice mail. There is a list which shows what you can expect your mac modem to do without an additional usb modem.

regards, da.

giraffe · 02-19-2004, 06:54 PM

here the english page of the software:

http://hartmann-b.de/index_en.html

teknovision · 03-08-2004, 07:03 AM

Thank you for your suggestions.. .

02-19-2004, 04:49 AM	#1
teknovision Triple-A Player Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 149	Answer the Phone via Mac Hi there! I would curious to know if anyone has heard of any software that would allow me to answer telephone (landline) calls through my mac (56k modem port), without any additional hardware? Cheers for all your help, Phil

02-19-2004, 05:04 PM	#3
rusto MVP Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,489	I haven't been able to do this since my Centris 660av. __________________ :: 3.4GHz Core i7 iMac 4GB RAM :: Black MacBook SR :: 10.7.2 :: iPhone 4 / iOS 5 ::

02-19-2004, 05:52 PM	#5
rusto MVP Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,489	Yep, they had a DSP built-in that made the difference. __________________ :: 3.4GHz Core i7 iMac 4GB RAM :: Black MacBook SR :: 10.7.2 :: iPhone 4 / iOS 5 ::

03-08-2004, 07:03 AM	#9
teknovision Triple-A Player Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 149	Thanks for your suggestions!! Thank you for your suggestions.. .

02-19-2004, 05:00 PM	#2
cudaboy_71 All Star Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: sacramento, ca Posts: 874	i dont believe the modems in current macs are voice modems...data only. no links tho..maybe someone else has more info.

02-19-2004, 05:26 PM	#4
cudaboy_71 All Star Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: sacramento, ca Posts: 874	"AV" being a crucial element. i believe my 8100/100AV would too.

02-19-2004, 06:26 PM	#6
brontojoris Triple-A Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 79	I think you will need to bite the bullet and buy some extra hardware such as the Phlink which you can get from DevDepot

02-19-2004, 06:53 PM	#7
giraffe Prospect Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: london uk Posts: 2	Hi, try http://hartmann-b.de/CoMa/CoMa_X.html seems to be a good tool which also does faxing and voice mail. There is a list which shows what you can expect your mac modem to do without an additional usb modem. regards, da.

02-19-2004, 06:54 PM	#8
giraffe Prospect Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: london uk Posts: 2	here the english page of the software: http://hartmann-b.de/index_en.html