Re: texst to a landline

On 2025-01-03 21:48, Newyana2 wrote:

On 1/3/2025 9:31 AM, micky wrote:
 

Trying to find how to allow texts to a Verizion FIOS line has been
suprisingly unsuccessful.
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   There's no such thing. Think it through. Where could the text display
even if it did come through? If the sender converts it to voice then
that's a recorded audio message, not a text. You can't convert it
to voice on your end because you can't receive it in the first place.

Yes, there is such a thing.
The telephone exchange converts the text to machine voice, and then phones you.
This service depends on the company and the country, and possibly on contracting the service. It is not universal.
    I tried it long ago here (Spain) and quickly disabled it.
    I think messages were delivered only at a more or less
    fixed hour.
Then, if the landline is actually a true VoIp intelligent phone, it may also receive texts. There is a display. I don't know if this is done, but I think it is feasible.
A true VoIp phone is connected to an ethernet cable or to a WiFi, not to a copper pair. It is a small computer, not a traditional landline dumb phone.
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Cheers, Carlos.