Guys, On 2016-02-24 11:28, chris hermansen wrote: > Doug, Philip, list; > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 4:06 PM, doug <dmcgarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > 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. The main reason is to simply replace my answering machine with my computer - I don't need to make calls out or record my conversations or anything like that - the setup justs needs to answer the phone when I am not around and record a message as a WAV file or something . . > 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 I will have a look at all that - thanks! Regards, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades PO Box 896 Cowra NSW 2794 Australia E-mail: phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
