[lug] Sound-enabled modem via Linux?

[Nate Duehr]

p.s. For a smaller application, you may want to peek at the docs for the 
mgetty-voice package to see if there's a hardware compatibility list. 
Not sure if it understands DTMF or not, but it'd be a good place to 
start hacking around.

Nate, nate at natetech.com


Bryan Field-Elliot wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> A friend of mine is asking for advice on a software project. He needs to 
> write a system (running under Linux), which can answer a phone line, or 
> make a phone call. After that, it needs to be able to digitize what it 
> hears, as well as synthesize some sounds. This is to communicate with 
> some legacy devices on the other end that speak DTMF (as well as some 
> other tones, non-DTMF).
> 
> Does anyone know of such a device (card) which can be harnessed from 
> Linux? Ideally, it's a combination sound card/modem of some sort. Any 
> tips would be appreciated, I'll pass them along.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bryan
> 
> 
>