For people interested in asterisk: 1. i have downloaded asteriskathome 2.8 iso - this is a complete distro with asterisk and all the addons - see http://asteriskathome.sf.net for details. Looks good, haven't tried it yet.
2. I am downloading a systm documentary on asterisk - some of you may remember the mythtv systm documentary I played during my mythtv talk last year. Theguyswhospokerealquick. Details here: http://revision3.com/systm/ . I am downloading the large format wmv file (wmv i know i know, but it is the smallest out of h264, theora, wmv, xvid that they offer. If anyone wants copies of these, let me know. On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:38:37 +1200 Andrew Errington wrote: > On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:51, you wrote: > > Can i clarify please, will these devices work with any SIP type VOIP > > service or is the hack limited to hooking into Skype? > > Fundamentally it is a device that allows you to plug a phone handset into > your soundcard (mic and speaker jacks) in place of a headset (mic and > headphones). > > Anything you can do with a headset you can now do with your phone. Amazing! > > If you have a cordless phone then you are free and unfettered. > > Don't expect anything more than that. > > But wait, there is more... > > You can run a program that sits and monitors the microphone signal. If it > detects DTMF tones (generated by the telephone keypad) it can convert them > to keypresses. The keypresses can be assigned to functions in another app. > > The only program I have used which does this is the chat-cord 'driver'. It > works only with Skype (and maybe only under Windows). The DTMF tones are > converted into dial commands and hang-up commands. Since it is a > well-defined problem (convert DTMF to action) it is likely that there are > other programs to do this. > > That's all I know. > > A -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
