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From: wilsonbr@buster.cps.msu.edu (Brian R Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: answering machines
Message-ID: <1991Feb1.201331.21125@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
Date: 1 Feb 91 20:13:31 GMT
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Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Michigan State University
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I've got a pretty bazar request for information.

I am trying to find a way to use my mac as an answering machine.
I have a program (I believe it is sound edit) that allows me to 
speak into a micrphone and saves a recording of the sound.  From here
I can manipulate the sound and then replay it through the regular 
speaker on my mac.

I wonder if there is a way to use the telephone as a substitute for the
microphone I usually talk into, and if so does the handset of the phone
transform my voice the same way the microphone does, allowing me to wire
directly to the phone line.

I really don't care if a "leave a message at the beep" is given
to the caller or not.  I am doing this as more of a 'to see if I
can get it to work' type thing.  

Any ideas, or (highly unlikely) past experience please either post here
or e-mail to wilsonbr@buster.cps.msu.edu.

Thanks in advance
Brian
MSU