These notes briefly describe what I did to get my old pentium machine running Debian to answer my phone and record messages.
apt-get install mgetty mgetty-voice mgetty-pvftools
mgetty(1)? means "modem getty(1)?", and the pvftools allow you to play/record/convert audio into the specific modem audio formats.
I tried and failed to get it to work with a USRobotics Sportster 33 and a Dynalink modem, but got it working with a USRobotics "56k Voice Faxmodem".
To Be Continued....
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