[olug] PC ringer for POTS phone

[Dan Clough]

How loud is your music?  It's odd for an 18 year old to say this but you
shouldn't crank your music too loud.  Try to turn it down to a point where
you can hear the ringer.

Also, doesn't the phone have some kind of blinker or status light on it?  I
have a Key System (Atlas) at home, and all of the station indicators light
up when a call comes in.  If possible, just position your phone right next
to your monitor, and try not to focus too hard on the stuff on the screen.

K.I.S.S. principals are a good starting point.

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
Obi-Wan
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 2:34 PM
To: olug at olug.org
Subject: [olug] PC ringer for POTS phone

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
   The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the
     Giver of all good things, so if I stand, let me stand on the
       promise that You will pull me through.  -- Rich Mullins
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