Doug, Philip, list;
On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 4:06 PM, doug <dmcgarr...@optonline.net> wrote:
>
> On 02/23/2016 03:10 PM, Philip Rhoades wrote:
> > People,
> >
> > I know this is a bit of a long shot but does anyone here have any
> > experience setting up a voicemail recording system for a POTS phone? I
> > thought it should be simpler than using say using Asterisk to set up a
> > whole PABX but maybe it isn't . .
> >
> > Yhanks,
> >
> > Phil.
> It depends on what you are trying to do. If you just want to record the
> audio on a telephone line, the easiest way is
> a small audio transformer and a capacitor. Say a 10000 Ohm 1:1 audio
> transformer and about a 0.1 microfarad capacitor
> rated at 100 volts DC or better in series with the transformer on the
> phone line side. Connect the secondary to the recorder
> or computer line input.
>
> If you're trying to run voice in both directions from, say, a computer
> to the phone line, you need a telephone modem, which
> is explicitly designed to do that job.
>
>
Most older laptops include a modem. Or if you don't have one of those you
can buy a cheapo modem
Here is a reference you might find useful
http://www.linuxtoys.org/answer/answering_machine.html
Here is another http://frank.harvard.edu/~coldwell/answering_machine/
Another
http://askubuntu.com/questions/513004/telephone-call-answering-machine-software
Another
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/44624/is-there-a-way-for-linux-to-pick-up-the-phone
You may also be able to do the job with vgetty
http://linux.die.net/man/8/vgetty
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