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davec2861
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usb phone

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Is it possible to use freephoneline computer verson with a usb phone?
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Re: usb phone

Post by bridonca »

Yes. The audio part of the USB phone should work, the keypad will likely be useless.

There is an issue with freephoneline soft phone you need to aware of though. Because JAVA, the language used to program the freephoneline softphone is utter crap when it comes to audio card selection, it will pick an audio device seemingly randomly. Most of the time it will pick the usb device, but that is not guaranteed.
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Re: usb phone

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davec2861 wrote:Is it possible to use freephoneline computer verson with a usb phone?
A lot of USB phones will be hit of miss, based on how they set the keypad to dial. If it dials by essentially emulating a num pad, or normal PC keyboard, then you should be fine. Just make sure it's set as your default audio device.
However, we can't provide support for third party hardware - so if some functionality doesn't work, then you will need to consult the manufacturer (and check the return policy of the store purchased from if you are unhappy in the end)
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