Switching to VoIP

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Other Desktop Telephony Software

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Also available are corded handsets, like the VoIPVoice Cyberphone K, available at

http://www.skype.voipvoice.com. There are also cordless USB handsets, like the

VTech USB7100, available at http://www.vtech.com/phones.

Other Softphones to Check Out

Try Googling these other softphones and messaging apps: GnoPhone, EyeP Phone

Lite, KPhone, LinPhone, and BonePhone.

Other Desktop Telephony Software

Call Soft Pro

This application provides basic voice mail/answering machine functionality on a

Windows host. It also allows its users some remote control of the PC from the tele-

phone when they call in. Call Soft Pro is made by TOSC and is available from http://

www.mycallsoft.com.

CallerID

Using Soft-Haus Solutions CallerID, users can use named party ID (caller ID) to trig-

ger a custom WAV file playback for each caller or display a GIF or JPEG avatar for

each caller on a Windows PC (http://www.soft-haus.com).

GeckoPhone

GeckoPhone is a combination softphone and voice mail server for Windows. It is

skinnable and has a base of supportive users (http://www.geckophone.com).

FaxMachine

Nico Cuppen’s Windows software, FaxMachine, turns your PC with scanner,

printer, and modem into a fax machine with queuing and on-screen previewing. This

no-frills software has a very simple ...