Re: Skype on BT (slightly off topic)
On 4/16/06, Ira Abramov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mine is the Logitech(R) Mobile Freedom(tm) but any BT earpiece will do, > but it's only used as a sound device. remember the calls won't ring > other than on the computer. what you could look into are the dozens of Skype on Linux allows setting of separate devices for ringing and speaking (under Tools->Options->Hand/Headsets). I haven't tested it because of luck of proper hardware but maybe it can be used to forward the rining to a pseudo-device which will then duplicate the ring on all configured devices? (Skype still doesn't support ALSA directly, in case this limits the options). Thanks for the rest of the pointers. --Amos To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Skype on BT (slightly off topic)
Quoting Ilya Konstantinov, from the post of Sat, 15 Apr: > >Mine is the Logitech(R) Mobile Freedom(tm) but any BT earpiece will do, > >but it's only used as a sound device. remember the calls won't ring > >other than on the computer. > When a mobile phone connects to an earpiece, usually the earpiece rings > (some even vibrate) for incoming calls, so why can't a computer make it > ring? well, for that the client app needs to know it's talking to a BT headset rather than a /dev/dsp clone. I haven't looked into figuring this out. either way, this Logitech earpiece does not vibrate (waste of battery if it did) and it rings via the earphone, i.e. only audible if in your ear. then, hitting its tiny button tells the BT server to "answer the call", but the cleint softphone (or skype) needs to know about it somehow. I'll google some more. > >what you could look into are the dozens of > >wireless phones sold today that connect to the computer via USB as well > >as the regular land line > With BezeqInt's new VoIP service (which gives you an Israeli incoming > number), it looks like a computer (and a BlueTooth earpiece, and decent > voice-recognition for voice-dialing :) is all you need. well, as Amos is in Australia, there's a good chance he'll have some annoying jitter, but it IS a cute option (not unlike the many users of Vonage and similar services in countries outside the US). If you can have a "hub" program that can recieve BT commands, talk to a SIP softphone, Gizmo and Skype, you're on a roll. for extra points, have it work as a module from within Asterisk :) Asterisk is on my list of "to study" items. Now adding bluez, BT profiles, softphones and their APIs... the communications re-revoluton is afoot! -- Former Soviet spy Ira Abramov http://ira.abramov.org/email/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Skype on BT (slightly off topic)
Ira Abramov wrote: Quoting Amos Shapira, from the post of Fri, 14 Apr: Ooohhh! That sounds like a potential life saver for us - ever since we moved our computers to the guest room we miss out on lots of incoming calls and can only talk from the far side of the home. Are you satisfied from this earpiece? Can you provide a link which shows the exact product details (model, basically)? Mine is the Logitech(R) Mobile Freedom(tm) but any BT earpiece will do, but it's only used as a sound device. remember the calls won't ring other than on the computer. When a mobile phone connects to an earpiece, usually the earpiece rings (some even vibrate) for incoming calls, so why can't a computer make it ring? what you could look into are the dozens of wireless phones sold today that connect to the computer via USB as well as the regular land line With BezeqInt's new VoIP service (which gives you an Israeli incoming number), it looks like a computer (and a BlueTooth earpiece, and decent voice-recognition for voice-dialing :) is all you need. = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Skype on BT (slightly off topic)
We use the voip-voice uconnect http://www.voipvoice.com/uconnect.html (not with linux) will connect a bezeq and skype line to a single phone (if you connect it to a dect merkazia, I assume it will work with all the phones on that merkazia but I haven't tried) you can dial out either bezeq or skype very easily- it includes voice recognition for your skype contacts and other ways of dialing. it also lets you check your skype voicemails. needless to say we are happy with it. it cost me 439nis in kravitz yonah On 4/15/06, Ira Abramov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Amos Shapira, from the post of Fri, 14 Apr: > > > > Ooohhh! That sounds like a potential life saver for us - ever since we moved > > our computers to the guest room we miss out on lots of incoming calls and > > can only talk from the far side of the home. > > > > Are you satisfied from this earpiece? Can you provide a link which shows the > > exact product details (model, basically)? > > Mine is the Logitech(R) Mobile Freedom(tm) but any BT earpiece will do, > but it's only used as a sound device. remember the calls won't ring > other than on the computer. what you could look into are the dozens of > wireless phones sold today that connect to the computer via USB as well > as the regular land line, and then recieve as well as dial out through > either skype/gizmo/SIP/whatever as well as your regular line. find one > with a headset or an earpiece, and you're on the gravy train. Also I saw > SIP phones that work on WiFi, but those are much more expensive (yet WAY > cooler :) > > http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/productlistns/IL/EN,crid=1627 > http://motorola.digitalriver.com/DRHM/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayCategoryListPage&SiteID=motostor&Locale=en_US&Env=BASE&parentCategoryID=&categoryID=972000 > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-VOIP+Phones#CordlessHardPhones > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-VOIP+Phones#WLANorWiFiPhones > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-VOIP+Phones#USBphonesetsforusewithsoftphones > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-VOIP+Phones#Skypeadaptersandremotes > > Enjoy :) > > -- > Honored member of the Reform Club > Ira Abramov > http://ira.abramov.org/email/ > > = > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Skype on BT (slightly off topic)
Quoting Amos Shapira, from the post of Fri, 14 Apr: > > Ooohhh! That sounds like a potential life saver for us - ever since we moved > our computers to the guest room we miss out on lots of incoming calls and > can only talk from the far side of the home. > > Are you satisfied from this earpiece? Can you provide a link which shows the > exact product details (model, basically)? Mine is the Logitech(R) Mobile Freedom(tm) but any BT earpiece will do, but it's only used as a sound device. remember the calls won't ring other than on the computer. what you could look into are the dozens of wireless phones sold today that connect to the computer via USB as well as the regular land line, and then recieve as well as dial out through either skype/gizmo/SIP/whatever as well as your regular line. find one with a headset or an earpiece, and you're on the gravy train. Also I saw SIP phones that work on WiFi, but those are much more expensive (yet WAY cooler :) http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/productlistns/IL/EN,crid=1627 http://motorola.digitalriver.com/DRHM/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayCategoryListPage&SiteID=motostor&Locale=en_US&Env=BASE&parentCategoryID=&categoryID=972000 http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-VOIP+Phones#CordlessHardPhones http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-VOIP+Phones#WLANorWiFiPhones http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-VOIP+Phones#USBphonesetsforusewithsoftphones http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-VOIP+Phones#Skypeadaptersandremotes Enjoy :) -- Honored member of the Reform Club Ira Abramov http://ira.abramov.org/email/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
