"Phas" <phasianus123@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:1179504775.653774.83310@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
> There is a standard headphones jack for a headset on my IP telephone,
> and I'd like to connect an answering machine to it. The trouble is I
> can't find any answering machine in stores that has the headphone
> jack. Also, couldn't find any regular answering machine for IP
> telephones in VOIP internet stores.
>
> Did someone try to convert digital dictaphones into the answering
> machines ? These days there are dictaphones which start recording when
> initiated by voice. Likewise, I was thinking when a dictaphone
> receives a signal from a telephone perhaps it can playback an audio
> file as a greeting message and then record caller's message ? Are
> there some wild hacks to dictaphones ?
>
> Is the only remaining option to subscribe to some voice message
> service ? No more home answering machines ?
>
> Thank you.[/color]

Most of my VoIP accounts have a free voicemail option
In fact my SIPGATE accounts are totely free to set up if you
just want incomming calls.

Voxalot will add voicemail to any account as well as
consolidating multiple accounts so they appear to your
device as a single account. Also totally free.
--

Graham.
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