VoiceTronix : Open Source in Computer Telephony

It is only natural to extend the benefits of open source to computer telephony, especially when the computer is running an open source operating system such as Linux and telephony while being a crucial business and social enabler is typically closed and still under the control of the supplier. Combining open source application software running on Linux based commodity PC/servers gives you total control at a very low cost base.

Open Source effectively increases user adoption by:

1. Reducing the cost of ownership and making it affordable.
2. Promoting community development & support.
3. Eliminating vendor lock-in thus providing control back to the you.
4. Inherently facilitating customisation and localisation activities, transcending geographical and cultural barriers.

Open source eliminates the barriers to knowledge, thus increasing competition amongst vendors and service providers, promoting innovation and eliminating the opportunity for monopolization. For developers, it enables them to avoid the duplication of effort, allowing them to concentrate on adding value by building on the foundation of others.

Please note: It does expect you to provide some sweat equity and a level of competence.

Like most things: The MORE you put in the GREATER the reward!

Voicetronix is one of the few computer telephony hardware vendors that not only provides open source hardware drivers that run on Linux but also offers solutions. It develops and makes available freely its own open source application software that is fully compatible and optimised for its hardware products. Developers wishing to use Voicetronix's hardware and software building blocks as their solutions are not shunted off to a forum but get to communicate with the actual engineers that have developed these product offerings.

Voicetronix Open Source Application Software and Development Tools

Voicetronix over the years has developed a number of open source telephony applications and development tools that fully support range of telephony hardware. These include:

1. Logger - a free voice logging application that can help you build commercial grade voice recorders for under US$60/channel!

2. CT server - an easy to use library for building powerful telephony applications using Perl. You don't have to be a C/C++ programmer to develop feature rich telephony solutions using voicetronix's software and hardware building blocks.

3. OpenPBX - a free web driven software application written using CT server that when combined with Voicetronix's hardware can turn commodity PC/servers into feature rich office phone systems.

4. VPB Driver - Voicetronix current stable driver for the Voicetronix computer telephony cards. Voicetronix VPB driver contains their implementation of their telephony application programmers interface (API) that is made up of a library of C/C++ callable functions.