Re: Automating telephones

["Mark Harrison \(Yahoo!\)" <mph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Relatively few modems support BT caller ID - somewhat more support Cable
caller ID (which uses the Nortel standard - a lot more common globally.)

There are xAP drivers for the Crucible Meteor (linux and Windows) and the
Pace (Windows only)...

... which coupled with the xAP driver for Asterisk make a great solution.
There is something very surreal about phoning up Patrick and having his
text-to-speach say "Hello, Mark, I can't answer the phone right
now"...

MAYBE a demo at UKHA2004... but that's dependant on being able simulate
CLI - the hotel phone extensions don't pass it.

Regards,




----- Original Message -----
From: "s369180" <yahoo@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 11:08 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] Automating telephones


> Hello,
>
> I'd like to automate my telephones. I know many of you have HA
> systems that announce the caller id and I know there are systems
> which automatically disconnect withheld numbers or blacklisted
> numbers. Can you tell me more? Can you recommend any software (I'm on
> Windows BTW).
>
> I know there is the meteor plug in that people swear by, but I think
> they also swear at the price ;) Is there an online manual to tell me
> more about it? Is there anything cheaper?
>
> What modems are caller id capable? I tried to track down a pace from
> ebay but managed to win one that didn't support caller id. I bought a
> zoom from pc world after a post in the archives (and the box) said it
> would work, but it doesn't; do I need to update the drivers or
> something?
>
> Some companies when you call say "this call may be monitored for
> training purposes". Is there a way I could impliment this in my
> office; so that when the phone is answered it records to the hard
> drive, preferably in compressed format, but does so automatically?
>
> Thanks,
> Stephen.
>
>
>
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