[Asterisk-Users] Fax via email

[Steve Underwood]

Kevin P. Fleming wrote:

> Iain Stevenson wrote:
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>> ... might as well use hylafax.
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> Yes, well, that requires using modems and having Asterisk send the 
> audio back in/out as analog. It would be really fantastic if someone 
> could come up with an app for Asterisk that emulated a Class 1 FAX 
> modem and allowed Hylafax to talk to it (on a virtual extension 
> number), rather than trying to reimplement all of Hylafax in SpanDSP.

spandsp doesn't try to reimplement all of HylaFAX. It reimplements only 
one piece - the T.4/T.30 code. I have a half implemented "spandsp as 
class 1 fax modem" which I put aside. People are using spandsp happily 
for things like fax to e-mail. Introducing HylaFAX would really slow 
things down. That said, I'd really like to complete the class 1 modem 
interface, and make HylaFAX an option for people.

Regards,
Steve