[fpc-pascal] TAPI for Linux?

[Daniël Mantione]

Op Fri, 2 Nov 2007, schreef ik:

> On 11/2/07, Dani=EBl Mantione <daniel.mantione at freepascal.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Op Fri, 2 Nov 2007, schreef Graeme Geldenhuys:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Anybody know what is the equivalent for Microsoft TAPI but under the
> > > Linux platform?  Our windows applications can use TAPI to dial phone
> > > numbers stored in our applications Contacts screen.  I'd like to
> > > implement something like that when running under Linux as well.
> >
> > ISDN4Linux. You make the computer dial a number for an analog speech
> > service, then send an ISDN diversion command to the phone that you want=
 to
> > use for the conversation.
> =

> One problem with ISDN: You need a phone line that supports it, and the
> way ISDN card works (even if you do not use the ISDN itself, if the
> line is not supported, the line will not work at all when you will
> connect it into the card). And at least where I live, it is not that
> trivial.

It is true that ISDN is mainly an European technology and you will find =

public phone exchanges based on ISDN technology mainly in Europe. However, =

any modern phone exchange for use in office environments supports an =

internal ISDN bus, regardless wether the "uplink" to the public exchange =

is analog, ISDN or VoIP.

Dani=EBl