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- From: helfman@aero.org (Robert S. Helfman)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Touchtone Phone
- Date: 6 Nov 1992 18:23:13 GMT
- Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
- Lines: 22
- Message-ID: <1ded6hINN206@news.aero.org>
- References: <1992Nov3.033724.26351@msdrl.com> <1992Nov5.143003.10585@phx.mcd.mot.com>
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- In article <1992Nov5.143003.10585@phx.mcd.mot.com> schuch@phx.mcd.mot.com (John Schuch) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov3.033724.26351@msdrl.com> karkan@msdrl.com (Jim Karkanias) writes:
- >>I would like to be able to dial into a PC from a touchtone phone, wade through
- >>a menu or two ("...press 1 for ..., 2 for ...), and THEN have my keystrokes
- >>(buttonstrokes?) from the phone saved to some sort of file on the PC for later
- >>processing (e.g. the file could contain ASCII 14325 or whatever was pressed,
- >>etc.). The whole thing could be terminated by a pound sign or hang-up, etc.
- >>(upon which any files which were opened would be closed, etc.)
- >>
- >>Anyone know how to do this?? Thank you.
- >>
-
- BigMouth is a voice-mail card and software that allows you to build
- menu trees. The card/software package is $179 at Fry's. A package of
- utility libraries (usable with C, Pascal, etc.) costs $99 and provides
- all the TSR-able functions to build your own applications.
-
- The card has all the capabilities you need: it can read DTMF from the
- line, control on- and off-hook, detect ringing, etc. It does NOT,
- however, PRODUCE DTMF tones. But any Hayes-compatible modem on the
- same line can do that. For your described application, you don't need
- to make DTMF, just read it.
-