Telephone Answer Software?

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D. Kirkpatrick

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
 
D. Kirkpatrick said:
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
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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
 
D. Kirkpatrick said:
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.
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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.
 
M.I.5¾ said:
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.
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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!
 
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
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D. Kirkpatrick said:
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
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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.
 
D. Kirkpatrick said:
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
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Voice modems normally come with software like this. However, not all
modems are equal.

HTH
-pk
 
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
 
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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!
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Check callwave.com. I saw something about that...voice to text....and to a
cell phone or something like that.

Judy
 
Judy said:
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.
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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.
 
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