RE: Skype Phones - USB

["Alex Monaghan" <ha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I raised the same question of a guy on ebay selling Skype USB phones. It
would appear that there are specific drivers to use the keypads within each
application. If you just want a USB audio in the shape of a phone then most
(if not all) should work OK. This is a bit of a shame as there was a cheap
box which would let you use a PSTN phone (including cordless) as the USB
audio and keypad dialler, but the keypad dialler was written by them and
Skype specific.

If you find a decent one that will work with anything on the FWD network,
please share it as I have (in true UKHA style !!) built a custom box to
switch my audio output between the external speakers and a
"helpdesk" style
headset, but I'll need something more SWMBO friendly for her PC.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Dye [mailto:phil@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 5:00 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Skype Phones - USB
>
>
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:41:23 -0000, Davey
> <DB1001@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Bit of an update really regarding this.
> [snip]
>
> Can these be used with anything other than Skype? ie other
> VOIP providers, using say X-Ten's softphone (since I'm
> assuming the hardware phone here is just a USB audio device
> rather than a proper VOIP phone)?
>
> --
> phil
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