I'm not sure what type of program it is I'm looking for but here are the
features I need:

Caller ID number pops up on my monitor when the phone rings (between 1st
and 2nd ring).

Caller ID number is retained in its own file.

The ability to make notes to that file.

The ability for those notes to pop up with the number between the 1st
and 2nd ring if that number has called before.

Voicemail: one outgoing message for the main number, other outgoing
messages that are activated by the different ringing patterns of
distinctive/smart/teen ring numbers. Separate voicemail boxes for each
number with their own password.

Dialing: the ability to be able to right click and click "dial" for any
number in any program and have the modem dial that number.

Those are the basic features. Eventually I'd like to use them with VOIP
lines. Ideally it would be best to also have the voicemail taken care
of with the telco provider as a backup but since this doesn't integrate
the caller ID with the voicemail, its much more time consuming to call
back. Also you have to match caller ID number times with voicemail
messages if the number they left isn't the same as the number they
dialed from. Integrating voicemail and caller ID makes callbacks a more
simple and logical process and eliminates the crosschecking often
necessary if you're thorough and call back every voice message and
caller ID number.

Hi,

I have a solution for the incoming callerID portion of your needs:

Use "Silica", a donationware Mac OS X program that receives incoming
callerID info from a supported internal or external modem. This will
show callerID info directly on-screen. It also has the ability to run
an Applescript upon receiving a call, and to pass the callerID info via
Applescript to another program. (In this case, Filemaker Pro.)

Link to Silica:

http://homepage.mac.com/gweston/silica/

For dialing on outgoing calls, look into "JPT" (John's Phone Tool):

http://homepage.mac.com/jonn8/jpt/

Good luck.



aaJoe wrote:
> I'm not sure what type of program it is I'm looking for but here are the
> features I need:
>
> Caller ID number pops up on my monitor when the phone rings (between 1st
> and 2nd ring).
>
> Caller ID number is retained in its own file.
>
> The ability to make notes to that file.
>
> The ability for those notes to pop up with the number between the 1st
> and 2nd ring if that number has called before.
>
> Voicemail: one outgoing message for the main number, other outgoing
> messages that are activated by the different ringing patterns of
> distinctive/smart/teen ring numbers. Separate voicemail boxes for each
> number with their own password.
>
> Dialing: the ability to be able to right click and click "dial" for any
> number in any program and have the modem dial that number.
>
> Those are the basic features. Eventually I'd like to use them with VOIP
> lines. Ideally it would be best to also have the voicemail taken care
> of with the telco provider as a backup but since this doesn't integrate
> the caller ID with the voicemail, its much more time consuming to call
> back. Also you have to match caller ID number times with voicemail
> messages if the number they left isn't the same as the number they
> dialed from. Integrating voicemail and caller ID makes callbacks a more
> simple and logical process and eliminates the crosschecking often
> necessary if you're thorough and call back every voice message and
> caller ID number.

phonevalet...

http://www.parliant.com/phonevalet/index.html

> http://www.parliant.com/phonevalet/index.html

This one has some sort of telephone adapter. Shouldn't I be able to use
a voice modem (perhaps external USB) to do dial out, and receive? I
can't understand why this seems to be so difficult. There seems to be
no one doing it.

aaJoe <no_email[at]please.com> wrote:

> This one has some sort of telephone adapter. Shouldn't I be able to use
> a voice modem (perhaps external USB) to do dial out, and receive? I
> can't understand why this seems to be so difficult. There seems to be
> no one doing it.

http://www.bingsoftware.com/ used to concentrate in this area, but they
don't seem to have anything recent.

I suspect it is:
1 - considerable variation between modems back when there were a number
of choices for voice modems

2 - the modem market rapidly disappearing with a handful of different
chip sets still in use - most targeted for small&cheap

3 - a nice idea that never caught on with most computer owners, so a
very small market.

-- w