[TriLUG] Re: Phone using computer (was: OT - well, I do want to save the file on Linux)

[U. Jason Gloege Jr.]

It sounds [to me] like what Scott is looking for is not a softphone
that will need to talk to a particular provider, but rather a program
that will essentially allow his computer to act as the handset [along
with a feature or two] to a traditional POTS line via the modem.

At least that's how *I* read it.

Jason

On 04 May 2005 15:46:29 -0400, Jon Carnes <jonc at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Yep, there are literally hundreds of softphones that work with Linux.
> I've used kphone successfully, but any one of the hundreds that speak
> SIP will work for you once you have a SIP account with some provider.
> 
> Here's the VoIP wiki site on softphones:
>   http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-VOIP+Phones#id311475
> 
> On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 15:24, William Sutton wrote:
> > You're looking for a softphone, right?  When I get home, I'll look up a
> > URL for you.  There's a fellow here in Huntsville who is trying to write
> > his own softphone to interface with Asterisk.
> >
> > William
> >
> > On Wed, 4 May 2005, Scott G. Hall wrote:
> >
> > > Scott G. Hall wrote:
> > >
> > >  > What Linux utility (and set of steps) do others on this list use to place
> > >  > phone calls through their computer?
> > >
> > >
> > > P.S.  I already tried Asterisk -- no dice.  I don't need a PBX, but something
> > > that converts my PC into a telephone that also logs enough for time-billing.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Scott G. Hall
> > > Raleigh, NC, USA
> > > ScottGHall at BellSouth.Net
> > >
> 
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