[olug] PC ringer for POTS phone

[Jay Swackhamer]

You could use a Phidgets voltage sensor to look for a change in the  
line voltage, or maybe a vibration sensor clipped to the phone, and  
then use that to trigger a phidgets relay to engage the Tazer you will  
install under your chair. Then you can be sure to never miss a call.

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Quoting Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com>:

> I enjoy listening to music at work.  Since I'm in a cubicle farm, I have
> to use headphones.  I usually just use a single earbud so that I can hear
> the phone ring with the other ear.  However, the audio quality of a single
> earbud sucks.  I'd love to use some nice headphones, but I can't risk
> ignoring the phone.
>
> Do any of you know of any desktop app (for Linux, of course -- Ubuntu
> 8.04) that would provide an obvious visual indicator on my screen
> whenever the phone rang?  Dumping a ring tone to the speakers would be
> fine, too.  These are digital phones, but not VoIP.  I'm thinking maybe
> something that I could either run through a modem (so the computer
> could sense the ring) or split & run one line into a modem.  I don't
> really have any need for caller ID, as the phone (which sits 90 degrees
> to the left of my monitor) has that info on it.  All I need is a visual
> ringer.
>
> As common as VoIP and Skype are today, googling for something that works
> with a simpler phone is difficult.
>
> --
> Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth                             obiwan at jedi.com
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