Re: Modems with Speaker/Mic Jacks?

> What exactly are the audio jacks on some modems for and would they
> solve this problem? Do they become available as an additional Windows
> audio output to anything which might need them,


You may be referring to some older modems that had the sound card AND modem
on the same card. That sort of device would not offer any benefit over what
you have now (and in fact would be a detriment since the last one I saw was
at least 5 years old).
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"George" <george@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I've been looking at some Windows caller ID modem programs. The one
> thing I didn't care for was the way that the audio (SAPI speech) was
> routed to the same wave output as everything else. It also wouldn't
> merge the voice signals with the running audio if there was an open
> application already using the device (Creative 1370 Ensoniq AudioPCI
> under Win2K).
>
> What exactly are the audio jacks on some modems for and would they
> solve this problem? Do they become available as an additional Windows
> audio output to anything which might need them, and play simul-
> taneously with no effect on the main outs? If so, I'll try to dig one
> up. I'd like to get the caller ID on it's own speaker.
>
> Please reply within the group - and Thanks!
> George