[plug] Fax & Voicemail Random Thought...

[Trevor Phillips]

On Thursday 25 July 2002 10:08, Trevor Phillips wrote:
> Is it possible to configure a Modem on a Linux Boxen to auto-answer a phone
> after a predetermined number of rings, and act as either a Voicemail or Fax
> receiver as required? That is, play a pre-recorded message, record voice
> back & store on the server, or save a FAX if a FAX is sent.

In response to my own query, it seems it is possible, assuming your Modem has 
voice support, and is supported by vgetty. Still, the list of supported 
Modems seems very small - I wonder what the likelihood of an average Modem is 
of working with it?

There's one or two interesting software suites out there, such as this one:
   http://vocpsystem.com/

I'm still interested to hear if anyone else has had experience setting up 
systems like this. I think it'd be an interesting thing to set up, especially 
for a Home Office...

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