Laptop as telephone?

Question

When I'm using my laptop and my landline phone rings in another room. Can I use the laptop to answer the call? If so, how do I do it.

Answer 1

You can do it if you have a Voice-Modem installed in your PC and you have software, such as from NCH Swift Sound:

http://www.nch.com.au/phone/index.html

Your Voice Modem will need to be plugged into the PSTN phone line to pick-up the calls...

Answer 2

You can do it but its quite difficult to hold it to your ear

Answer 3

If you got modem on your laptop then you can attend all calls by your laptop even you can call someone by your laptop but all you need software for it. I remember windows 98 cames with phone dialer but xp wouldnt :(. well you can still search phone dialer software online. Good Luck, cheers