Asterisk does have sample configs you can look at -- and you would need a voip service to use it. For more information go to http://www.voip-info.org -- tey have lots of stuff there. One of the cool things is that asterisk makes recording calls quite easy. on Monday 10/10/2005 Igor Gueths(igueths at lava-net.com) wrote > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Hi Steve. Have a look at http://ipkall.com. They'll give you a Washington state number, and they use SIP for their protocol. > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 11:06:46AM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > > > Concerning Asterisk, I'm curious just how much one has to do to use it > > as a client system. I looked over the docs and like you said Tyler, it > > seems daunting. Not sure where to really start. It almost seems like > > Asterisk may be a 747 being used to haul a bag of groceries or > > something. I really can't justify $200 for a desk phone at this point > > in time. Even after setting up the computer and such, does one still > > have to sign onto a VOIP service somewhere? I would think you would have > > to in order to get a dial-in phone number. > > > > On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 03:53:29PM -0700, Tyler Spivey wrote: > > > The problem with the existing voip solutions are that they can't work > > > behind firewalls (speak freely), are too laggy (speexenc/dec over ssh - > > > and even on localhost), take to much bandwidth (arecord piped to aplay), > > > or are graphical (most iax/sip phones). I don't know how to configure > > > asterisk as just a client or just a server, and it looks daunting. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > - -- > > HolmesGrown Solutions > > The best solutions for the best price! > > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFDSq22WSjv55S0LfERA6eIAKCCtZBF6QFwhVdfvjw9r2J2gmFO4gCeIK/i > > +nIpErEAKECCf1v77nNzTv4= > > =ww7x > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) > > iQIVAwUBQ0qvZqe2pgKIdGq4AQqXqA//Wr8Mxd2nuQh4a1DtfeKl2oHhIJ2M0d6C > R69pTOKm+wesyzNAK+qkOhYOAcX0h7VpuLVDQBUmcVZKbGTDk1Z3mL3bNUqStxGJ > 9IeiaaUuPhpOzS34RPu2qt9Vz0OEkKySiylM/wpq0ZItcYWN9AX6WVhqocf6y38c > zFn7EGIKseEOWEbP6WvTDu2IwtOZsm9JH0larFKtgHcniej6idCWB0sRVuvv6RLL > 3Mq3fuo0ra8zNqXON4mak8s0B8/5Dzylydq9dX3sGZkMpzAxARgAw+jN9kCyHG0Y > ZKW9sDbBoKsd7N/9IzD38TbnoGJ4mmyx5l+5VWMXdIoINpc/dEAldYSZE09h/6nE > sB8z1ytpBSHph6qXZioToG9mv3HldB5QOcqzjM4cNhIbQ6fbEid0lBNb9zU8GU6L > 4a/m3gMrq95FAycfNynkJTCVM4u+ugz2l0oc4BiHLH3qvCYLFn6ad8Xxi0MtSZQi > 6+0D/CvX0eVMYXmBV+O9qt8rBa+UCHUmYj9S5N/Vvgpzmzlwnry3qh34jqXrjQuo > TcBQ3lsboluFOJgjKM2N/jagg+rdUcubYjPuuOX1638GDCEIBfN2yXx3KsnKoyeU > uwd4wcpR0DjndOOJmt1IuPh8cglvxeqEespOWfmi84zuZw4wO0fweodKxzn+wQ6z > voMGlol7YBs= > =5cds > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici at ccs.covici.com
