Guest D. Kirkpatrick Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 I'm presently looking for a software package, free, share or paid, that will allow me to answer calls on my PC. I am NOT looking for VOIP ware such as Skype. What I am looking for is a solution that allows calls to come in on my telephone line into the modem/fax card that will give ma a caller ID but also allow me to answer the phone and use a headset. There seem to be plenty of packages that will receive voice mail messages and faxes but so far I am having a problem locating something that goes the next step to allow one to answer a call as well. DMK
Guest Judy Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 RE: Telephone Answer Software? "D. Kirkpatrick" wrote: > I'm presently looking for a software package, free, share or paid, > that will allow me to answer calls on my PC. > > I am NOT looking for VOIP ware such as Skype. > > What I am looking for is a solution that allows calls to come in on my > telephone line into the modem/fax card that will give ma a caller ID > but also allow me to answer the phone and use a headset. > > There seem to be plenty of packages that will receive voice mail > messages and faxes but so far I am having a problem locating something > that goes the next step to allow one to answer a call as well. > > > DMK > Hi DMK, You don't say if you are dialup/broadband/ etc. I am on dialup and use CallWave Internet Answer Machine. It has caller ID, it will take a message, or you can click it to take the call and it will disconnect you from the internet so you can take the call if you want, by picking up your phone. I don't know about a headset. It works good for me. I've had it about 8 months and have had no problems with it. It says it can be used for broadband too. http://www.callwave.com/landing/products.asp Hope this helps. Judy
Guest M.I.5¾ Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 Re: Telephone Answer Software? "D. Kirkpatrick" <sunclad@sunclad.com> wrote in message news:sunclad-E0D849.21040902082007@news.verizon.net... > I'm presently looking for a software package, free, share or paid, > that will allow me to answer calls on my PC. > > I am NOT looking for VOIP ware such as Skype. > > What I am looking for is a solution that allows calls to come in on my > telephone line into the modem/fax card that will give ma a caller ID > but also allow me to answer the phone and use a headset. > > There seem to be plenty of packages that will receive voice mail > messages and faxes but so far I am having a problem locating something > that goes the next step to allow one to answer a call as well. > There used to be a utility produced by Intel around 8 years ago that was bundled with many fax modems that also supported voice functions. It might be worth while asking around to see if anyone still has a copy. Unfortunately, I can't recall what it was called. It does exactly what you want as well as receiving incoming faxes. It also allows you to set up a phone menu structure allong the lines of "Press '1' for this, press '2' for that", so you can annoy your callers as well.
Guest Anonymous Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 Re: Telephone Answer Software? "M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message news:46b2d516$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net... > > "D. Kirkpatrick" <sunclad@sunclad.com> wrote in message > news:sunclad-E0D849.21040902082007@news.verizon.net... >> I'm presently looking for a software package, free, share or paid, >> that will allow me to answer calls on my PC. >> >> I am NOT looking for VOIP ware such as Skype. >> >> What I am looking for is a solution that allows calls to come in on my >> telephone line into the modem/fax card that will give ma a caller ID >> but also allow me to answer the phone and use a headset. >> >> There seem to be plenty of packages that will receive voice mail >> messages and faxes but so far I am having a problem locating something >> that goes the next step to allow one to answer a call as well. >> > > There used to be a utility produced by Intel around 8 years ago that was > bundled with many fax modems that also supported voice functions. It > might be worth while asking around to see if anyone still has a copy. > Unfortunately, I can't recall what it was called. > > It does exactly what you want as well as receiving incoming faxes. It > also allows you to set up a phone menu structure allong the lines of > "Press '1' for this, press '2' for that", so you can annoy your callers as > well. > LOL.... I'd like to have a PC based answering system that would record the message as text, rather than just audio. Guess that's not on the horizon anytime soon!
Guest zerof Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 Re: Telephone Answer Software? D. Kirkpatrick escreveu: > I'm presently looking for a software package, free, share or paid, > that will allow me to answer calls on my PC. > > I am NOT looking for VOIP ware such as Skype. > > What I am looking for is a solution that allows calls to come in on my > telephone line into the modem/fax card that will give ma a caller ID > but also allow me to answer the phone and use a headset. > > There seem to be plenty of packages that will receive voice mail > messages and faxes but so far I am having a problem locating something > that goes the next step to allow one to answer a call as well. > > > DMK --------- http://www.shop.avanquest.com/usa/prod.php?pid=847&tr1=AQ_US_WS_CPT_homepage -- zerof http://www.educar.pro.br/ Apache - PHP - MySQL - Boolean Logics - Project Management ---------------------------------------------------------- Você deve, sempre, consultar uma segunda opinião! ---------------------------------------------------------- Deixe todos saberem se esta informação foi-lhe útil. ---------------------------------------------------------- You must hear, always, one second opinion! In all cases. ---------------------------------------------------------- Let the people know if this info was useful for you! ----------------------------------------------------------
Guest Bob I Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 Re: Telephone Answer Software? Anonymous wrote: > "M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message > news:46b2d516$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net... > >>"D. Kirkpatrick" <sunclad@sunclad.com> wrote in message >>news:sunclad-E0D849.21040902082007@news.verizon.net... >> >>>I'm presently looking for a software package, free, share or paid, >>>that will allow me to answer calls on my PC. >>> >>>I am NOT looking for VOIP ware such as Skype. >>> >>>What I am looking for is a solution that allows calls to come in on my >>>telephone line into the modem/fax card that will give ma a caller ID >>>but also allow me to answer the phone and use a headset. >>> >>>There seem to be plenty of packages that will receive voice mail >>>messages and faxes but so far I am having a problem locating something >>>that goes the next step to allow one to answer a call as well. >>> >> >>There used to be a utility produced by Intel around 8 years ago that was >>bundled with many fax modems that also supported voice functions. It >>might be worth while asking around to see if anyone still has a copy. >>Unfortunately, I can't recall what it was called. >> >>It does exactly what you want as well as receiving incoming faxes. It >>also allows you to set up a phone menu structure allong the lines of >>"Press '1' for this, press '2' for that", so you can annoy your callers as >>well. >> > > > > LOL.... > > > I'd like to have a PC based answering system that would > record the message as text, rather than just audio. Guess > that's not on the horizon anytime soon! > > That just means you can't afford it on your current budget. http://www.stsn.org/servicechart.html
Guest Elmo Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 Re: Telephone Answer Software? D. Kirkpatrick wrote: > I'm presently looking for a software package, free, share or paid, > that will allow me to answer calls on my PC. > > I am NOT looking for VOIP ware such as Skype. > > What I am looking for is a solution that allows calls to come in on my > telephone line into the modem/fax card that will give ma a caller ID > but also allow me to answer the phone and use a headset. > > There seem to be plenty of packages that will receive voice mail > messages and faxes but so far I am having a problem locating something > that goes the next step to allow one to answer a call as well. > > > DMK You need a Voicemodem. It should come with software that will allow you to do most of that, but I'm not sure about the caller ID feature. -- Joe =o)
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 Re: Telephone Answer Software? "D. Kirkpatrick" <sunclad@sunclad.com> wrote in message news:sunclad-E0D849.21040902082007@news.verizon.net... > I'm presently looking for a software package, free, share or paid, > that will allow me to answer calls on my PC. > > I am NOT looking for VOIP ware such as Skype. > > What I am looking for is a solution that allows calls to come in on my > telephone line into the modem/fax card that will give ma a caller ID > but also allow me to answer the phone and use a headset. > > There seem to be plenty of packages that will receive voice mail > messages and faxes but so far I am having a problem locating something > that goes the next step to allow one to answer a call as well. > > > DMK Voice modems normally come with software like this. However, not all modems are equal. HTH -pk
Guest Elvey Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 Re: Telephone Answer Software? Try to find a copy of talkworks, I use it on my PC for answer phone and faxing as well and it works great. Raistlin "zerof" <zerof@terra.com.br> wrote in message news:##7p7Od1HHA.5772@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > D. Kirkpatrick escreveu: >> I'm presently looking for a software package, free, share or paid, that >> will allow me to answer calls on my PC. >> >> I am NOT looking for VOIP ware such as Skype. >> >> What I am looking for is a solution that allows calls to come in on my >> telephone line into the modem/fax card that will give ma a caller ID but >> also allow me to answer the phone and use a headset. >> >> There seem to be plenty of packages that will receive voice mail messages >> and faxes but so far I am having a problem locating something that goes >> the next step to allow one to answer a call as well. >> >> >> DMK > --------- > http://www.shop.avanquest.com/usa/prod.php?pid=847&tr1=AQ_US_WS_CPT_homepage > > -- > zerof > http://www.educar.pro.br/ > Apache - PHP - MySQL - Boolean Logics - Project Management > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Você deve, sempre, consultar uma segunda opinião! > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Deixe todos saberem se esta informação foi-lhe útil. > ---------------------------------------------------------- > You must hear, always, one second opinion! In all cases. > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Let the people know if this info was useful for you! > ----------------------------------------------------------
Guest Judy Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 Re: Telephone Answer Software? "Anonymous" wrote: > LOL.... > > > I'd like to have a PC based answering system that would > record the message as text, rather than just audio. Guess > that's not on the horizon anytime soon! > Check callwave.com. I saw something about that...voice to text....and to a cell phone or something like that. Judy
Guest Anonymous Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 Re: Telephone Answer Software? Thanks Judy. "Judy" <Judy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B77936A5-D4A8-4A72-BF4F-2D55F8A9F972@microsoft.com... > > > "Anonymous" wrote: > > >> LOL.... >> >> >> I'd like to have a PC based answering system that would >> record the message as text, rather than just audio. Guess >> that's not on the horizon anytime soon! >> > Check callwave.com. I saw something about that...voice to text....and to > a > cell phone or something like that. > > Judy
Guest D. Kirkpatrick Posted August 4, 2007 Posted August 4, 2007 Re: Telephone Answer Software? In article <7E69AED2-B915-4A3B-819F-F2939BF583BC@microsoft.com>, Judy <Judy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Hi DMK, > You don't say if you are dialup/broadband/ etc. I am on dialup and use > CallWave Internet Answer Machine. It has caller ID, it will take a message, > or you can click it to take the call and it will disconnect you from the > internet so you can take the call if you want, by picking up your phone. I > don't know about a headset. It works good for me. I've had it about 8 > months and have had no problems with it. > It says it can be used for broadband too. DSL but also have a phone line hooked in for faxing out via the standard POTS. I'm just looking to be able to put a head set on and be able to answer there or take a message without picking up a regular phone someplace. I have software that can do caller ID or take messages but there does not seem to be a way for me to simply click in with a headset.
Guest D. Kirkpatrick Posted August 4, 2007 Posted August 4, 2007 Re: Telephone Answer Software? In article <##7p7Od1HHA.5772@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, zerof <zerof@terra.com.br> wrote: > > DMK > --------- > http://www.shop.avanquest.com/usa/prod.php?pid=847&tr1=AQ_US_WS_CPT_homepage Looks promising.
Guest James Bator Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: Telephone Answer Software? Try this one as well http://www.nch.com.au/software/callrec.html D. Kirkpatrick wrote: > In article <##7p7Od1HHA.5772@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, > zerof <zerof@terra.com.br> wrote: > >>> DMK >> --------- >> http://www.shop.avanquest.com/usa/prod.php?pid=847&tr1=AQ_US_WS_CPT_homepage > > > > Looks promising.
Guest D. Kirkpatrick Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 Re: Telephone Answer Software? In article <gC0ui.13520$ya1.9857@news02.roc.ny>, James Bator <JJBat150@frontiernet.net> wrote: > Try this one as well > > http://www.nch.com.au/software/callrec.html Tried that. Works OK but is limited in the demo version. Goes paid after demo runs out and requests registration. I was hoping for a freeware or low cost shareware.
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