Sending fax via smartphones\android

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I am searching for a way to send fax via android phone. Sending fax uses converting voice to data, its been done for years on land wire phones by calling to remote fax playing the voice we all familier with and thats it. So how\is it possible that the android phone will call to othe fax and convert some img file to voice and will play this voice one it called to other fax?

Seraphim's · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-19T11:33:00.643

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Seems to be an hard work.

I would use a web serivce (yes, need to be paid)...

http://www.interfax.net/it/dev/webservice

Try to look at this:

http://code.google.com/p/freeboxmobile/

good luck

edited Nov 19 '13 at 11:33

answered Nov 19 '13 at 11:27

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its not free - its service that billed according to number of sent pages. how can it be that there is not way to convert documnet to voice fax on android – user1021182 Nov 19 '13 at 11:39
I'm with you, I hate to pay for something that should be resolved a long time ago... I posted my answer just to inform that there are "modern" ways to send/receive fax. – Seraphim's Nov 19 '13 at 11:46
I would buy app that allow sending unlimited fax pages ,but never app that limit me to pages. its not reasonable... – user1021182 Nov 19 '13 at 14:10
another question like your: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5090522/is-there-any-native-app-for-android-fax – Seraphim's Nov 19 '13 at 14:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 19 '13 at 22:53

FAX is a bi-directional protocol that goes through several stages of handshake before the actual image data is sent. Even if you could write an Android app to listen and "speak" the correct audio tones, the QOS (quality of service) of cellular voice is lower than that of land lines and would not succeed. The only FAX capability offered by some mobile service providers allows you to receive a fax to your mobile number and it will get stored to voicemail. From there you can forward the message to a land line to print it out at a later time.

As others have mentioned, your best bet is to use a web (cloud) based API for sending and receiving faxes.

Sending fax via smartphones\android

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