how to make call from pc using local landline phone services
I have a desktop application of address diary, developed in C# .Net.
I want to make call from software throw land line phone service, in my office we have 8 phone lines, so i want to select line before call, i want to use headphone and mic in place of phone instrument.
how to connect phone lines to pc. i have more then 8 phone lines
is it possible ? if yes then how and which hardware i need for this.
Answer
Have you thought of the Skype API: http://developer.skype.com/public/skypekit or http://www.twilio.com
Get rid of the landlines and use a service. Much easier in my opinion. Then it would be far more scalable as well.
If you want to go down the telephony services path check out this library: https://github.com/markjulmar/atapi.net/
Hardware for landlines would just include 8 modems and selecting which one to use, before making a call.
I would assume that the atapi library contains functions to select the audio input and output. If not there are plenty of c# libraries for recording audio, in which you could pass the stream through to the library.
I wasn't going to point you down this direction but as per @Saif Khan comment you can use Asterix.
Using Asterix
Step 1 - Get a server install Asterix on it. http://www.asterisk.org. It's open source.
Step 2 - Get supported hardware e.g. http://www.asterisk.org/hardware
Step 3 - Communicate to it with http://sourceforge.net/projects/asterisk-dotnet/ (open source c# to asterisk library.
This maybe overkill for you, I don't know. I suppose I shouldn't assume :)