-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Meagher Sent: Friday, January 15, 1999 17:51
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
>
> On 15 Jan 99, at 15:37, Ira Wallin wrote:
>
> > > Also if the modem says "with sound" does that mean you can have a
> > > telephone conversation over it, or does it have to say something
> > > else?
>
> > Maybe, with appropriate software.  The "internet phone"
> > packages I've looked at required both a network connection (could be a
> > modem) and a sound card.
>
> I think you missed the point on this one, David.  A voice modem is
> designed to  work as a hands-free speaker phone and it comes with the
> software to perform this function.

  As I mentioned in the paragraph that followed, I have seen, with my
own eyes, a product which combined sound and winmodem on a single card.
So when a poster asks about "winmodems" and "modems with sound", I do
not automatically assume that they really *mean* "with voice".

  In hindsight, I should perhaps have asked for clarification -- it's
certainly possible that the question was mis-worded.

David G

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