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Re: OT: VoIP question

From Roger Mills <mills37.fslife@gmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, uk.telecom.voip
Subject Re: OT: VoIP question
Date 2026-08-04 21:07 +0100
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On 04/08/2026 12:35, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

>>Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> wrote:
I have a Gigaset N510IP with a S700H PRO Handset registered with a VoIP
provider.

If somebody sends me a text message, the handset rings and a synthetic
voice reads the message.

Where is this synthetic voice generated, please?  Is it within the VoIP
provider, or within the Openreach system which delivered the text
message to the VoIP provider?
>>
>> If it's VOIP then it won't be OR
>>
Or perhaps it will?

I've just sent text messages from my Lebara mobile both to my Plusnet 
landline (yes, I still have copper!) and to my AAISP VoIP line.

They both behave in exactly to same way: The phone rings, displaying the 
same incoming number in both cases (0800 028 2321). When I answer it, a 
synthetic (but realistic) voice says "This is the SMS service from BT" 
(and spells out the calling number), and then says "To listen to the 
message press 1" On pressing 1, the message is read out in an 
intelligent way which could almost be human.

Can anyone explain this? It looks like the text to audio step occurs 
earlier in the chain than some people thought, perhaps after evaluating 
whether the final recipient number can accept SMS messages.
-- 
Cheers,
Roger

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OT: VoIP question Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2026-08-03 08:29 +0100
  Re: OT: VoIP question "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-03 12:28 +0200
    Re: OT: VoIP question Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2026-08-03 15:13 +0100
  Re: OT: VoIP question Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2026-08-04 06:35 +0000
    Re: OT: VoIP question "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-08-04 12:35 +0100
      Re: OT: VoIP question Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2026-08-04 19:29 +0100
        Re: OT: VoIP question Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-04 19:37 +0100
      Re: OT: VoIP question Roger Mills <mills37.fslife@gmail.com> - 2026-08-04 21:07 +0100
        Re: OT: VoIP question David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-08-04 21:41 +0100

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