I'm looking for a bit of (free) software which will enable me to talk
over a land line through headphones and mike over my computer

I have a fax card somewhere,

I don't want to talk skype,

just normal land line phone calls


--
geoff

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:55:55 +0000, geoff wrote:

I'm looking for a bit of (free) software which will enable me to talk
over a land line through headphones and mike over my computer

Well I s'pose you could have worded that a bit better !!!

geoff wrote:

I'm looking for a bit of (free) software which will enable me to talk
over a land line through headphones and mike over my computer

I have a fax card somewhere,

I don't want to talk skype,

just normal land line phone calls


What would be the function of the computer in your plan? You can
certainly get various headphone/mike devices for landlines - I'd be
amazed if you couldn't somehow use one of the Bluetooth headsets so
widely used with mobiles.

At work I have a modestly intelligent phone on the company's phone
system plus a Plantronics Bluetooth headphone/mike - that is a
specialised fitment connected between the phone and its handset. The
base unit holds the headset in a convenient way and recharges the battery.

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In message , Rod
writes
geoff wrote:
I'm looking for a bit of (free) software which will enable me to
talk over a land line through headphones and mike over my computer
I have a fax card somewhere,
I don't want to talk skype,
just normal land line phone calls

What would be the function of the computer in your plan? You can
certainly get various headphone/mike devices for landlines - I'd be
amazed if you couldn't somehow use one of the Bluetooth headsets so
widely used with mobiles.

At work I have a modestly intelligent phone on the company's phone
system plus a Plantronics Bluetooth headphone/mike - that is a
specialised fitment connected between the phone and its handset. The
base unit holds the headset in a convenient way and recharges the battery.


Ask anyone - wireless headsets for landline phones exist

So far I have yet to find anything at a sensible price

I found some wireless headphones today (logitech clear chat at £60)
which seem to do the business, now I need the front end

Or ...

is there actually a sensibly priced wireless phone set which will work
at up to about 10metres ?



--
geoff

In article ,
geoff wrote:
I'm looking for a bit of (free) software which will enable me to talk
over a land line through headphones and mike over my computer

I have a fax card somewhere,

I don't want to talk skype,

just normal land line phone calls

My original modem came with a headset I assume for just this purpose. But
since I was using it with this RISC OS computer I never looked at the PC
software.

Thinks
Don't have the modem anymore - it broke - but may have the PC software.

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To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"geoff" wrote in message
...
In message , Rod
writes
geoff wrote:
I'm looking for a bit of (free) software which will enable me to talk
over a land line through headphones and mike over my computer
I have a fax card somewhere,
I don't want to talk skype,
just normal land line phone calls

What would be the function of the computer in your plan? You can certainly
get various headphone/mike devices for landlines - I'd be amazed if you
couldn't somehow use one of the Bluetooth headsets so widely used with
mobiles.

At work I have a modestly intelligent phone on the company's phone system
plus a Plantronics Bluetooth headphone/mike - that is a specialised
fitment connected between the phone and its handset. The base unit holds
the headset in a convenient way and recharges the battery.


Ask anyone - wireless headsets for landline phones exist

So far I have yet to find anything at a sensible price

I found some wireless headphones today (logitech clear chat at £60) which
seem to do the business, now I need the front end


Windows comes with dialler software (dialer.exe)

You need summat that will allow the modem and the sound card to work with
each other. Have you checked the software that came with the modem?

geoff wrote:

I'm looking for a bit of (free) software which will enable me to talk
over a land line through headphones and mike over my computer

I have a fax card somewhere,

I don't want to talk skype,

just normal land line phone calls

I'm not quite sure what you mean here, but if you are talking about
using broadband access for phoning someone, I think Tasco did a phone
some time ago that allowed you to make calls down a broadband
connection, but that was only to another Tesco phone, anywhere in the
world. My brothers brother in law sent one out to Oz and as far as I can
remember, he still uses it. I'll contact him if you want and get more
details.

Dave

In message , OG
writes

"geoff" wrote in message
...
In message , Rod
writes
geoff wrote:
I'm looking for a bit of (free) software which will enable me to
talk over a land line through headphones and mike over my computer
I have a fax card somewhere,
I don't want to talk skype,
just normal land line phone calls

What would be the function of the computer in your plan? You can
certainly get various headphone/mike devices for landlines - I'd be
amazed if you couldn't somehow use one of the Bluetooth headsets so
widely used with mobiles.

At work I have a modestly intelligent phone on the company's phone
system plus a Plantronics Bluetooth headphone/mike - that is a
specialised fitment connected between the phone and its handset. The
base unit holds the headset in a convenient way and recharges the battery.


Ask anyone - wireless headsets for landline phones exist

So far I have yet to find anything at a sensible price

I found some wireless headphones today (logitech clear chat at £60)
which seem to do the business, now I need the front end


Windows comes with dialler software (dialer.exe)

You need summat that will allow the modem and the sound card to work
with each other. Have you checked the software that came with the modem?



Not for about five years

I'll look tomorrow

I thought there might be an obvious piece of software,

a "this is what you need ..." program


--
geoff

In message , Dave
writes
geoff wrote:
I'm looking for a bit of (free) software which will enable me to
talk over a land line through headphones and mike over my computer
I have a fax card somewhere,
I don't want to talk skype,
just normal land line phone calls

I'm not quite sure what you mean here, but if you are talking about
using broadband access for phoning someone, I think Tasco did a phone
some time ago that allowed you to make calls down a broadband
connection, but that was only to another Tesco phone, anywhere in the
world. My brothers brother in law sent one out to Oz and as far as I
can remember, he still uses it. I'll contact him if you want and get
more details.


No - that's exactly what I'm not looking for

basically I'm looking to connect the normal land line connection to a
wireless headset



--
geoff

"geoff" wrote in message
...
In message , OG
writes

"geoff" wrote in message
...
In message , Rod
writes
geoff wrote:
I'm looking for a bit of (free) software which will enable me to talk
over a land line through headphones and mike over my computer
I have a fax card somewhere,
I don't want to talk skype,
just normal land line phone calls

What would be the function of the computer in your plan? You can
certainly get various headphone/mike devices for landlines - I'd be
amazed if you couldn't somehow use one of the Bluetooth headsets so
widely used with mobiles.

At work I have a modestly intelligent phone on the company's phone
system plus a Plantronics Bluetooth headphone/mike - that is a
specialised fitment connected between the phone and its handset. The
base unit holds the headset in a convenient way and recharges the
battery.


Ask anyone - wireless headsets for landline phones exist

So far I have yet to find anything at a sensible price

I found some wireless headphones today (logitech clear chat at £60)
which seem to do the business, now I need the front end


Windows comes with dialler software (dialer.exe)

You need summat that will allow the modem and the sound card to work with
each other. Have you checked the software that came with the modem?



Not for about five years

I'll look tomorrow

I thought there might be an obvious piece of software,

a "this is what you need ..." program

I'm pretty certain my Win3.11 computer had such a thing, and I think my
Win95 computer may have come with something similar.

I think the problem is that a lot of modems are now cut down to just provide
just the 'mo' and the 'dem' functions, rather than being fully functional
'phone' interfaces.

geoff wrote:
In message , Dave
writes
geoff wrote:
I'm looking for a bit of (free) software which will enable me to
talk over a land line through headphones and mike over my computer
I have a fax card somewhere,
I don't want to talk skype,
just normal land line phone calls

I'm not quite sure what you mean here, but if you are talking about
using broadband access for phoning someone, I think Tasco did a phone
some time ago that allowed you to make calls down a broadband
connection, but that was only to another Tesco phone, anywhere in the
world. My brothers brother in law sent one out to Oz and as far as I
can remember, he still uses it. I'll contact him if you want and get
more details.


No - that's exactly what I'm not looking for

basically I'm looking to connect the normal land line connection to a
wireless headset

OK I see what you are trying to do now. Sorry, I can't help you any more.

Dave

geoff wrote:
In message , Dave
writes
geoff wrote:
I'm looking for a bit of (free) software which will enable me to
talk over a land line through headphones and mike over my computer
I have a fax card somewhere,
I don't want to talk skype,
just normal land line phone calls

I'm not quite sure what you mean here, but if you are talking about
using broadband access for phoning someone, I think Tasco did a phone
some time ago that allowed you to make calls down a broadband
connection, but that was only to another Tesco phone, anywhere in the
world. My brothers brother in law sent one out to Oz and as far as I
can remember, he still uses it. I'll contact him if you want and get
more details.


No - that's exactly what I'm not looking for

basically I'm looking to connect the normal land line connection to a
wireless headset

IIRC some modems also did fax, and some also did voice. Presumably the
driver + app software that came with them would hahve done just this.
I think you'd be looking at win3.1 era stuff, and maybe win95, so all
ISA based. Maybe there are later PCI modems with the voice capability
too.

I'd probably start by looking up info on a boxful of old dialup
modems.



NT

geoff wrote:

I'm looking for a bit of (free) software which will enable me to talk
over a land line through headphones and mike over my computer

Uh huh. You'll have to pay for the calls of course.

I have a fax card somewhere,

That really won't help, except as a dialler.

Anyway, you're looking for something that doesn't exist. OTOH if you
want to connect via a computer using VOIP then there's no problem. Skype
is just one solution. For example DrayTek and Gradwell both offer
comprehensive VOIP pakages.

You get multiple phone numbers if you wish to have them. If the other
party to a call also has VOIP you usually pay nothing for the call. If
they are on a landline then you pay more but usually less than BT.

In message , Owain
writes
geoff wrote:
Ask anyone - wireless headsets for landline phones exist
So far I have yet to find anything at a sensible price

Does it have to be wireless?

That's the whole point


--
geoff

In message , Steve Firth
writes
geoff wrote:

I'm looking for a bit of (free) software which will enable me to talk
over a land line through headphones and mike over my computer

Uh huh. You'll have to pay for the calls of course.

I have a fax card somewhere,

That really won't help, except as a dialler.

Anyway, you're looking for something that doesn't exist. OTOH if you
want to connect via a computer using VOIP then there's no problem. Skype
is just one solution. For example DrayTek and Gradwell both offer
comprehensive VOIP pakages.

You get multiple phone numbers if you wish to have them. If the other
party to a call also has VOIP you usually pay nothing for the call. If
they are on a landline then you pay more but usually less than BT.


You're missing the point

I want to be able to wander around during (incoming) phone calls

I have a wandaphone, but cradling it between ear and shoulder, while
sort of OK, could be much easier with a headset

not interested in voip, cost or anything else, just mobility


--
geoff

geoff wrote:


You're missing the point

I think you're missing it.

There's no (cheap) solution that involves a computer. Having a fax card
is absolutely pointless, since fax modems don't carry voice traffic.

I want to be able to wander around during (incoming) phone calls

I have a wandaphone, but cradling it between ear and shoulder, while
sort of OK, could be much easier with a headset

not interested in voip, cost or anything else, just mobility

Then use a mobile with a handsfree kit. Use a telephony service to get
your land line diverted to the mobile.

"geoff" wrote in message
...

I have a wandaphone, but cradling it between ear and shoulder, while sort
of OK, could be much easier with a headset

You can get DECT phones which accept a headset.

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:43:13 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

IIRC some modems also did fax, and some also did voice.

US Robitics Sportster Voice Fax Modem connection was via a standard serial
port (RS232).

I had one but never played with the voice side and very rarely the FAX.
Not sure if I still have the modem or the software, big clear out last
year meant lots of working but valueless stuff went for recycling. B-(

--
Cheers
Dave.

"geoff" wrote in message
...
In message , Steve Firth
writes
geoff wrote:

I'm looking for a bit of (free) software which will enable me to talk
over a land line through headphones and mike over my computer

Uh huh. You'll have to pay for the calls of course.

I have a fax card somewhere,

That really won't help, except as a dialler.

Anyway, you're looking for something that doesn't exist. OTOH if you
want to connect via a computer using VOIP then there's no problem. Skype
is just one solution. For example DrayTek and Gradwell both offer
comprehensive VOIP pakages.

You get multiple phone numbers if you wish to have them. If the other
party to a call also has VOIP you usually pay nothing for the call. If
they are on a landline then you pay more but usually less than BT.


You're missing the point

I want to be able to wander around during (incoming) phone calls

I have a wandaphone, but cradling it between ear and shoulder, while sort
of OK, could be much easier with a headset


Maybe I am missing the point but why not just get a speakerphone? We have
them at work and you just wander about talking. With no background noise
they are quite sensitive and I have used one while getting changed, for
example.


--
Bob Mannix
(anti-spam is as easy as 1-2-3 - not)

In message , Clive
George writes
"geoff" wrote in message
...

I have a wandaphone, but cradling it between ear and shoulder, while sort
of OK, could be much easier with a headset

You can get DECT phones which accept a headset.

Isn't this the answer?

I am about to scrap a W95 PC which will have a 56k modem. You are
welcome to the bits but I don't see how you overcome the radio
connection issue.

regards



--
Tim Lamb

In article ,
Clive George wrote:
"geoff" wrote in message
...

I have a wandaphone, but cradling it between ear and shoulder, while sort
of OK, could be much easier with a headset

You can get DECT phones which accept a headset.


Or just a dect headset - something like
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Plantronics-.../dp/B00069YILW

Not particularly cheap, but not rediculously expensive either. The plantronics
headset I use at work is excellent.

Darren

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:04:30 +0000, geoff wrote:

In message , OG
writes

"geoff" wrote in message
...
In message , Rod
writes
geoff wrote:
I'm looking for a bit of (free) software which will enable me to
talk over a land line through headphones and mike over my computer
I have a fax card somewhere,
I don't want to talk skype,
just normal land line phone calls

What would be the function of the computer in your plan? You can
certainly get various headphone/mike devices for landlines - I'd be
amazed if you couldn't somehow use one of the Bluetooth headsets so
widely used with mobiles.

At work I have a modestly intelligent phone on the company's phone
system plus a Plantronics Bluetooth headphone/mike - that is a
specialised fitment connected between the phone and its handset. The
base unit holds the headset in a convenient way and recharges the battery.


Ask anyone - wireless headsets for landline phones exist

So far I have yet to find anything at a sensible price

I found some wireless headphones today (logitech clear chat at £60)
which seem to do the business, now I need the front end


Windows comes with dialler software (dialer.exe)

You need summat that will allow the modem and the sound card to work
with each other. Have you checked the software that came with the modem?



Not for about five years

I'll look tomorrow

I thought there might be an obvious piece of software,

a "this is what you need ..." program

=========================================
I *think* Cheyenne Bitware might be a starting point. It came bundled with
many Voice/Fax/Data modems and although it isn't actually free it was so
widely available that you should be able to get a discard from somebody.

Cic.

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Using Ubuntu Linux
Windows shown the door
==========================================

In article ,
geoff wrote:
basically I'm looking to connect the normal land line connection to a
wireless headset

IIRC there are cordless phones which take a headset.

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article ,
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
My original modem came with a headset I assume for just this purpose. But
since I was using it with this RISC OS computer I never looked at the PC
software.

Thinks
Don't have the modem anymore - it broke - but may have the PC software.

Found it - but it appears to be for Win95 only.

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

geoff wrote:
In message , Steve Firth
writes
geoff wrote:

I'm looking for a bit of (free) software which will enable me to talk
over a land line through headphones and mike over my computer

Uh huh. You'll have to pay for the calls of course.

I have a fax card somewhere,

That really won't help, except as a dialler.

Anyway, you're looking for something that doesn't exist. OTOH if you
want to connect via a computer using VOIP then there's no problem. Skype
is just one solution. For example DrayTek and Gradwell both offer
comprehensive VOIP pakages.

You get multiple phone numbers if you wish to have them. If the other
party to a call also has VOIP you usually pay nothing for the call. If
they are on a landline then you pay more but usually less than BT.


You're missing the point

I want to be able to wander around during (incoming) phone calls

I have a wandaphone, but cradling it between ear and shoulder, while
sort of OK, could be much easier with a headset

not interested in voip, cost or anything else, just mobility

You might strap a headband to it as a temporary measure, then you can
take your time getting just what you want


NT

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:55:55 +0000, geoff wrote:


I'm looking for a bit of (free) software which will enable me to talk
over a land line through headphones and mike over my computer

I have a fax card somewhere,

I don't want to talk skype,

just normal land line phone calls

Best bet is a bluetooth enabled DECT phone and a suitable headset.

Siemens and BT both do such phones, though the BT ( Glide ) isn't
apparently up to much.
Not worth bothering with a DECT phone and a wired headset - it's a
complete nuisance

As it happens I bought a Glide off ebay t'other day with the intention
of using it with a headset. Should turn up tomorrow - I'll report
back.

Regards,


--
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Email: Take time to reply: timefrom_usenet{at}gmx.net

In article ,
Stephen Howard wrote:
Not worth bothering with a DECT phone and a wired headset - it's a
complete nuisance

Why?

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:29:48 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Stephen Howard wrote:
Not worth bothering with a DECT phone and a wired headset - it's a
complete nuisance

Why?

Because you have a flying lead hanging down and it gets in the way.
They also use a 'triple contact' jack plug/socket, and I've found them
to be very unreliable over time.


Regards,


--
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Email: Take time to reply: timefrom_usenet{at}gmx.net

Bob Mannix wrote:

With no background noise
they are quite sensitive and I have used one while getting changed, for
example.


And then you fly out of the window in your spiderman suit...

:-)

--
Adrian C

geoff wrote:

I want to be able to wander around during (incoming) phone calls

I have a wandaphone, but cradling it between ear and shoulder, while
sort of OK, could be much easier with a headset

My DECT cordless has a jack socket on the side, and I can plug a bog
standard plantronics headset into it. That would seem to meet your
requirements.

Something like:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Plantronics-M175-Convertible-Phone-Headset-2-5mm_W0QQitemZ270356819600QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Mob ilePhones_HomePhones_HomePhones_JN?hash=item270356 819600&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683|66 %3A4|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

or
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=227597

loads mo
http://www.home-phones.co.uk/headset...r-dect-phones/


not interested in voip, cost or anything else, just mobility

Sounds easy enough to achieve without involving the computer...

You can get also DECT wireless headsets that include the phone "lifter"
interface in the base:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wireles-Headset-Plantronics-CS-70N_W0QQitemZ110363237822QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Aud ioVisualElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_Headphones?hash= item110363237822&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72 %3A1683|66%3A4|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318
or
http://www.plantronics.com/europe_un...Id=prod1170008

you can get also get a few DECT phones that support bluetooth and hence
can talk to any standard bluetooth style headset or earpiece:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Siemens-Gigaset-S685-ECO-DECT-with-TAM-Bluetooth_W0QQitemZ380110441627QQcmdZViewItemQQptZ UK_MobilePhones_HomePhones_HomePhones_JN?hash=item 380110441627&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1 683|66%3A4|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

(although two wireless technologies in one unit seems a bit excessive
for what is after all a wired phone!)


Failing any of those - for a nice low tech solution get a towelling
headband, and use it to strap your DECT phone to the side of your head!

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Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:43:13 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

IIRC some modems also did fax, and some also did voice.

US Robitics Sportster Voice Fax Modem connection was via a standard serial
port (RS232).

I have one of those that site there quietly waiting for the odd occasion
I need to send a fax (or the broadband goes tits up) (fair dues to it -
its been on for a dozen years or more and still works flawlessly)

I had one but never played with the voice side and very rarely the FAX.
Not sure if I still have the modem or the software, big clear out last
year meant lots of working but valueless stuff went for recycling. B-(

I think I used its voice side once by accident!

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Cheers,

John.

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In article ,
Stephen Howard wrote:
Not worth bothering with a DECT phone and a wired headset - it's a
complete nuisance

Why?

Because you have a flying lead hanging down and it gets in the way.
They also use a 'triple contact' jack plug/socket, and I've found them
to be very unreliable over time.

I'd have thought no different from an MP3 player, etc?

Agreed these miniature jacks are the spawn of satan, though.

I'm very used to wearing a separate receiver and headset - talkback in TV
studios. I always run the headset lead down inside my T shirt or whatever
- prevents it getting snagged on things.

--
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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article ,
John Rumm wrote:
US Robitics Sportster Voice Fax Modem connection was via a standard
serial port (RS232).

I have one of those that site there quietly waiting for the odd occasion
I need to send a fax (or the broadband goes tits up) (fair dues to it -
its been on for a dozen years or more and still works flawlessly)

I still use mine for faxes. And sending texts to mobiles sometimes - much
easier with a real keyboard.

--
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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:57:52 +0000, John Rumm wrote:

you can get also get a few DECT phones that support bluetooth and hence
can talk to any standard bluetooth style headset or earpiece:

Well you can talk but can the person at the other end make out what you
are saying after two lots of lossy digital compression? I doubt very much
yer ordinary Blue Tooth ear plug uses the same compression as DECT so
either has to go back to analogue in the DECT handset be transcoded. The
former is most likley IMHO.

Having two RF paths seems a bit daft. Can't you get a wired phone with
Blue Tooth? Or of course as has been mentioned a DECT with wired headset.

Judging by the number of people that use nothing but a mobile (GSM or
DECT) I guess it must be just me who gets annoyed at the delay and/or poor
speech quality they all exhibit. Wired if at all possible for me.

--
Cheers
Dave.

In message , Cicero
writes
On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:04:30 +0000, geoff wrote:

In message , OG
writes

"geoff" wrote in message
...
In message , Rod
writes
geoff wrote:
I'm looking for a bit of (free) software which will enable me to
talk over a land line through headphones and mike over my computer
I have a fax card somewhere,
I don't want to talk skype,
just normal land line phone calls

What would be the function of the computer in your plan? You can
certainly get various headphone/mike devices for landlines - I'd be
amazed if you couldn't somehow use one of the Bluetooth headsets so
widely used with mobiles.

At work I have a modestly intelligent phone on the company's phone
system plus a Plantronics Bluetooth headphone/mike - that is a
specialised fitment connected between the phone and its handset. The
base unit holds the headset in a convenient way and recharges the battery.


Ask anyone - wireless headsets for landline phones exist

So far I have yet to find anything at a sensible price

I found some wireless headphones today (logitech clear chat at £60)
which seem to do the business, now I need the front end


Windows comes with dialler software (dialer.exe)

You need summat that will allow the modem and the sound card to work
with each other. Have you checked the software that came with the modem?



Not for about five years

I'll look tomorrow

I thought there might be an obvious piece of software,

a "this is what you need ..." program

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I *think* Cheyenne Bitware might be a starting point. It came bundled with
many Voice/Fax/Data modems and although it isn't actually free it was so
widely available that you should be able to get a discard from somebody.

I vaguely remember that from the dim distant 3.1 / 95 days

I'll look around for a recent version

cheers - that's the sort of thing I'm looking for

I installed the Voice / fax) modem today, the installation CD doesn't
work with my motherboard (or so it says, but it seems to have "self
installed" the drivers automatically

now all I need is the dialler / control softward

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geoff

In message , Owain
writes
geoff wrote:
Does it have to be wireless?
That's the whole point

Then a DECT phone that takes a headset, as suggested by Clive George.

Yes, but ...

find a wireless headset

as I said before



Incidentally, I tried the voice functions on a USR voice modem (years
ago, when 56Flex or whatever was The Latest Thing...) - horrible, truly
horrible.

Owain



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geoff

In message et, Dave
Liquorice writes
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:43:13 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

IIRC some modems also did fax, and some also did voice.

US Robitics Sportster Voice Fax Modem connection was via a standard serial
port (RS232).

I actually have one somewhere up in the loft, however, I don't see why
it should be any better than the voice / fax modem card I out in today


I had one but never played with the voice side and very rarely the FAX.
Not sure if I still have the modem or the software, big clear out last
year meant lots of working but valueless stuff went for recycling. B-(


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geoff

In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes
In article ,
geoff wrote:
basically I'm looking to connect the normal land line connection to a
wireless headset

IIRC there are cordless phones which take a headset.

The find one ...

not a problem with a mobile, but a landline phone ?


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geoff

In message , Steve Firth
writes
geoff wrote:


You're missing the point

I think you're missing it.

There's no (cheap) solution that involves a computer. Having a fax card
is absolutely pointless, since fax modems don't carry voice traffic.

Then why does mine say "voice / fax" ?


I want to be able to wander around during (incoming) phone calls

I have a wandaphone, but cradling it between ear and shoulder, while
sort of OK, could be much easier with a headset

not interested in voip, cost or anything else, just mobility

Then use a mobile with a handsfree kit. Use a telephony service to get
your land line diverted to the mobile.

Why ?

All I'm looking for is the best (free if possible) propriety program to
link the two




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geoff

In message , Tim Lamb
writes
In message , Clive
George writes
"geoff" wrote in message
...

I have a wandaphone, but cradling it between ear and shoulder, while sort
of OK, could be much easier with a headset

You can get DECT phones which accept a headset.

Isn't this the answer?

I am about to scrap a W95 PC which will have a 56k modem. You are
welcome to the bits but I don't see how you overcome the radio
connection issue.

Old pcs and OS's I have a plenty

find the DECT wireless headset for me



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geoff