[TriLUG] Re: Phone using computer (was: OT - well, I do want to save the file on Linux)

[Jon Carnes]

Yep, there are literally hundreds of softphones that work with Linux.
I've used kphone successfully, but any one of the hundreds that speak
SIP will work for you once you have a SIP account with some provider.

Here's the VoIP wiki site on softphones:
  http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-VOIP+Phones#id311475

On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 15:24, William Sutton wrote:
> You're looking for a softphone, right?  When I get home, I'll look up a 
> URL for you.  There's a fellow here in Huntsville who is trying to write 
> his own softphone to interface with Asterisk.
> 
> William
> 
> On Wed, 4 May 2005, Scott G. Hall wrote:
> 
> > Scott G. Hall wrote:
> > 
> >  > What Linux utility (and set of steps) do others on this list use to place
> >  > phone calls through their computer?
> > 
> > 
> > P.S.  I already tried Asterisk -- no dice.  I don't need a PBX, but something
> > that converts my PC into a telephone that also logs enough for time-billing.
> > 
> > --
> > Scott G. Hall
> > Raleigh, NC, USA
> > ScottGHall at BellSouth.Net
> >