[X4U] Re: Skype....anyone use a regular telephone-to-USB

[George Harvey]

When I started using Skype, I did not have the recommended Plantronic 
headset that connects directly to the Mac USB, so I plugged my old 
headphones with a miniplug adaper into the microphone port of a 
PowerMac G4 and found that it worked perfectly. The computer's audio 
output goes to a very inexpensive external audio system, so I used that 
and found that the sound quality was excellent on both ends. In order 
to use the old headphones as a mike on the G5, I plug them into a 
Griffin iMic which is also used as for recording from old vinyl 
records. My wife looked askance at the original setup, but after I 
showed her how to use it she found it very easy to use. Later, she got 
a headset from Plantronics, a low priced model made for PCs, that I 
plugged into the the iMic because this handles both the input and 
output. I am using OS X 10.3.6. Skype is pretty easy to use, and works 
quite well.

George Harvey

On Jan 9, 2005,Michael Elliott wrote:
> I've been using Skype to talk to my brother-in-law in the Netherlands
> with a lot of success.  However, my wife is quite phobic when it comes
> to new technologies.  I have seen adapters that connect a "plain
> telephone" to a USB cord, which then allows you to pick up a handset
> and make a call as usual, but of course, of the many products out
> there, none appear to be specifically Mac-compatible.