Category: Geeks r Us
Hi all.
You might find this question very strange but i have got this strange hobbie. I want to hear dialing tones from differennt countries and things like that. I am more interested for ringing out sounds from differnet countries. I mean the sound you hear while you wait for somebody to answer the phone. As you know in each country this sound is different such as USA and England.
So i hope you understand what i am talking about and if you know of any websites that may have such sounds i would appreshiate it if you tell me about them.
I wasn't sure if i should post this in accessible electronicks or here but because i am looking for a website it makes more sence here.
Now you know how strange i am lol.
We've always known how strange you are Nikos, (just kidding).
That's an interesting hobby, unfortunately I can't help you.
What's the differences between dial tones in England and the u.s. Could it be their accent? (lol>.
Bob
The English ringing consists of 2 shorter tones per ring. Most European phones that I've called have just 1 single tone that is about 500HZ. The Australian ring tone is the most interesting I've heard yet.
not sure of a website either Nikos mate but might be able to do something for ya with skype and total recorder.
Sorry Nikos, unable to be of help. Except to say that as calls are incoming it may depend on if a person has their phone set to receive certain ring calls/ Don't know if this is giving answer to your question or no. I do know though that once their were what were called, "party lines," and like said in an earlier post, it many times is the number of rings that determines what call is directed to what particular locaton. Like one say household may be assigned two rings followed by two rings before they are to pick up and another say house hold may be told to wait after hear one ring then a certan pause of time and again just one ring.. The problem is when if you are assigned the one ring and the other person just picks up anyhow with no consideration for others, not waiting to know if a one or two ring call is incoming. That party system of calling can be a mess, to say the least. Seperate as they would say, "one party lines," well, they seemed if remember correctly, well, they cost more per monthly phone bills.
Very Good question Nikos,
~*Thunderous MidNight*~
Hmmm! The way phones ring in England as kc8pnl's just said, is two short tones per second, a second's gap, then two more tones while you're waiting for the person taking the call to answer the phone, however, if you're ringing an extention/internal phone here, usually, it just rings once, pauses, rings again, pauses and these're longer single tones like you hear on an external/landline in the US. Try http//www.thesound-effects-library.com if you want to hear all the different tones, or there's http//www.sonomic.com, another sound effects library, though not as good as the above-mentioned sound effects library, but this site has combo boxes, so you can select almost exactly the sounds you want then you just type in the keywords in the search box below.
Jen.
Thanks Jen for the websites you are suggesting. I will check them out.
The countries i heard so far are England because i was studying there, Greece because i had relatives studying there, France and Spain because my girlfriend was there for her year abroad as a translator student, usa etc. I also heard some others such as australia and Turkey but it was a bit strange how i did that. I typed in google Turkey and then tel: so the results came out with companies in the country i was looking and their phone numbers and i was ringing them. If they answered i used to hang up lol. So i know this way is not very good so a website would be better lol.
Would seem for Americans/usa to learn anything,
Then Zonebbs is the place to be {smiles}
~*TMN*~
Hi.
Gen I tried the two links you provided in post 6 but got a site not found error.
Am I doing something wrong?
Bob
Aw'w'w damn! Well, you may have to Google them in then. Sorry about that. They've always worked for me though.