trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead) (09/30/90)
I am looking for some relatively inexpensive hardware to set up a phone tree/voice mail system in my house. Basically what I want is a board or device that plugs into either a MS-DOS box or a Mac (I seem to have a few extras just lying around not earning their keep!) and do the following: * Ring detect & Pickup. * Say things to the poor saps who call me. * Recognize touchtone. * Digitize what they say. * Be reasonably programmable. * Optional but nice : Handle more than one line at a time. Needless to say, I'd like to set up a super-answering machine, with the ability to let people record messages, store messages for friends to call in and get, maybe even put up a simple touchtone game or two just for the hell of it. So, what is available? And how good/bad/ugly is it. Im willing to hack at it a bit to get it to do what I want. Robert J Woodhead, Biar Games, Inc. !uunet!biar!trebor trebor@biar.UUCP
crawford@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Brian Crawford) (10/03/90)
In article <12798@accuvax.nwu.edu>, trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead) writes: > I am looking for some relatively inexpensive hardware to set up a > phone tree/voice mail system in my house. Basically what I want is a > the following: You might try the "Dialogic" board. That company makes a four-line and twelve-line model, and is PC based. I think they make a PS2 model as well. They make alot of interesting PC based telephone interface cards (DID Interfaces, etc). They used to make a two-line card, too. But, I don't know if they're still selling it. If you go with it and need software, I've written alot of software and hardware drivers for it, and have even made proprietary hardware mods to the board. Be happy to pass it on if you like. Good luck. Brian
wlw2286@ultb.isc.rit.edu (W.L. Ware ) (10/05/90)
A company called Magnum Software makes a nice voice mail system for the Macintosh. They have two models, one which can handle outdail, appointment scheduling, telemarketing etc, as well as voice mail. And one which only handles incoming calls, but has unlimited voice mailboxes, etc. There is quite a price difference and the cheaper one is said to be expandable, later. I am not sure if the cheaper one includes it, but the more expensive one can send and store PAX (Video Phone) data. Thier number is 818-700-0510. You can call and play with it after 5 pdt at 818-701-5051 Lance *W.L.Ware LANCEWARE SYSTEMS* *WLW2286%ritvax.cunyvm.cuny.edu Value Added reseller* *WLW2286%ulta.isc.rit.edu Mac and IBM Access. *