Once apon a time George Schikowski said, 'Re: Modem to soundblaster' to
Simon Byrnand...

 GS> In Simon Byrnand's message to Dave Hatch on , Simon Byrnand
 GS> said:
 SB> Sorry, I just assumed everybody who is into modeming knew what a
 SB> "voice" modem was. By voice I really mean voice/fax/data, but that
 SB> stands to reason. My modem is a Dynlalink 1414VE, and is a fairly
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Whoops, my modem is actually a 1414VQH-L.

 GS> I am going to buy another modem later this year.  At present I am
 GS> using a Netcom modem called The Electronic Secretary.   This modem can
 GS> also be used as an answering machine, whoever it it does not allow to
 GS> screen callers before answering the phone, at least not without
 GS> hassles.  (manually resetting the modem and re lauching Cooee is to
 GS> much hassles for me)
 GS> Could I screen calls with the Dynalink modem and then decide if I want
 GS> to answer the phone immediately or if I want to return the call at a
 GS> later stage, without any interaction on my part, if I chose not to
 GS> answer the phone and record the message?
 GS> In other words, would I have to reset the modem after each incoming
 GS> call that I chose to answer instead of the modem answering the
 GS> message?

Umm, I dont know for sure, but what you want is more a function of the
software than the modem itself. Most Dynalinks, and many other brands
are bundled with Cheyynne Bitware, which may do what you want. You have
the option to listen to incomming calls while somebody is leaving a
message, by plugging a speaker into the speaker socket in the modem.

Exactly how you take over a call manually, I'm not sure, as the situation
has never arisen. I think you can click on 'Handset' on receive manager,
to take over a call. Simply picking up the phone probably wouldnt suffice.

Regards,
Simon

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