On 3/29/2011 11:25 AM, ken wrote:
>
>>> I've got a couple dozen other things I need to do... and the person who
>>> was going to fax me something is scanning the doc and attaching it to an
>>> email, so I don't need the fax anymore. So I'm bagging this project for
>>> now. Down the road, however, I want to set up an answering machine app
>>> on this same machine, so I'll likely come back to all this.
>>
>> I'd sign up for a free google voice account (if you are in the US
>> anyway) instead of fighting with a modem to make an answering machine,
>> especially a modem without a driver... Unfortunately GV doesn't do
>> faxes, but there are other services that will.
>>
>
> Hmm. Didn't hear about that (except for the google 411).
GV has been around for years - but previously you had to get an invite
from an existing user or go on a waiting list. Now you can just sign up
and get a free number which you can send where you want with/without
screening and when it acts as an answering machine it transcribes the
message and emails it to you. Recent additions are that you can make
(and I think answer) calls from your computer while signed in to your
gmail account and if you have Sprint Cell service you can use that
number as your GV number without terminating the cell contract.
> But I've got
> a couple old answering machines which do the regular routine. I want to
> add some features to existing FOSS.
Modems are kind of ancient technology - all the features are going to
voip (freeswitch, asterisk, 2600hz, etc.).
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com