Talking on the phone

[lilwolfy]

I'm having problems with the phone dialer. It dials fine, and I can hear the other person say "hello?" through my speakers. But when I try to say something through my head-set mic, nothing happens. I don't think the problem is Hal, but you probably know computers well too. How can I talk with my mic? My mic usually works fine with recording or speech recognition with another program I have called "Dragon". But I don't know why it won't work with the phone dialer. Please help!

[WholyChao]

The phone dialer doesn't allow you to speak through your headset.  Most desktop modems have and input and an output socket.  You need to have a telephone in the set up.  Once Hal has dialed you need to pick up the telephone reciver to speak on the phone line.   It works a lot like having a secretary dial a phone for you.

Wholy Chao

P.S. The phone doesn't have to be attached to the computer, just attached to the same phone line the computer is using.