Phone calls from laptop

[JD]

  On 07/15/2010 10:22 AM, David Liguori wrote:
>
> On 7/15/2010 5:37 AM, RAMAKISHOREBABU KOPPULA wrote:
>> My laptop has a internal modem and RJ-11 connector. I want to connect
>> the phone line to the laptop and by using head phones I want to make
>> calls. How to do this? Is there any software available to do this?
>>
>> Kishore
>>
Hello Ramakishore,
I assume you mean that your modem is connected
to the wall jack via rj11 cable, and that your modem
is not dialed into an internet provider when you want
to make a person to person phone call:
Have you tried windows'  dialer.exe?
I read some blogs that say it can even play
a ring tone when someone calls in.
Of course, I assume your computer has a decent
sound card/modem.
Unfortunately, I have not come across a similar Unix utility.
Maybe it exists, but I have not seen one.