[asterisk-users] Maybe a little OT---USB Handset

[John Millican]

Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 11:27:16AM -0500, John Millican wrote:
>> Hello All,
>> This may be a little OT for the list but it seems to be to be the place 
>> to get the best answer. I have looked at the many Skype/Yahoo phones out 
>> there and none seem to be what I am looking for.
>> I have a need for a USB handset that I can use with an Asterisk server. 
> 
> A USB handset is basically a sound device (and not a great one, usually)
> along with a small keyboard. Linux will usually easily identify the
> sound device and you can use the phone as chan_{oss,alsa,console}.
> 
> Using the keyboard in it may be trickier.
> 
> Do any of the above support cancelling acustic echo? Is it actually
> needed in this case?
> 


Tzafrir,
Thanks for the reply. Acusitic echo cancel may not be needed as this 
will not be used in a noisy work place, only in possibly quieter home 
environments.  There will also be no need for speaker phone operation. 
Enabling the keypad is definitely the tricky part. I am trying to avoid 
loading a soft phone since I don't want to have to instruct the users on 
how to use one (mostly NON-technical types).  If the set looks and feels 
like a phone they will be OK on their own.  I guess I may have to go 
with a decent, hopefully inexpensive, basic IP desk phone.