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- From: bote@access.digex.com (John Boteler)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: caller id block
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 18:25:38 -0500
- Organization: Express Access Public Access UNIX, Greenbelt, Maryland USA
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- References: <1993Jan19.202051.24108@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca> <1jk3rqINNa7i@hp-col.col.hp.com>
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- mdk@col.hp.com (Mark Keisling) writes:
- >mike@CEB.McMaster.CA (Mike Anderson) writes:
- >> CALLER-ID BASED ANSWERING MACHINE
- >> It should be cheap to build a device based on caller id that serves as an
- >> answering machine of sorts. When it was activated it would pick up after the
- >> 3rd ring or so and play a fixed message out of ROM "your party cannot come
- >> to the phone at the moment, your number has been noted so that your call can be
- >> returned at a later time, bood-bye.", It would then store the number and time
- >> for later recall on an lcd display.
- >
- >Again, be aware that not everyone has a choice to provide a number.
-
- Better yet, I have already designed and now use a PC-based
- voice mail system that gives a custom greeting if it recognizes
- the caller's number.
-
- Upon playback, it announces the custom name that I have recorded
- for that number before it plays back the message. Otherwise,
- it just annunciates the number. Great for finding out who keeps
- hanging up without leaving a message! :)
-
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- bote@access.digex.com (John Boteler)
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