On 9/6/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mike</b> <<a href="mailto:stuff@dustsmoke.com">stuff@dustsmoke.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<a href="mailto:chris@cpr.homelinux.net">chris@cpr.homelinux.net</a> wrote:<br><br>><br>>While the geek factor is admirably high, this probably wasn't a good way<br>>to spend $100 if you really want to have CID available all the time.
<br>><br>>I bought a *talking* Caller-ID box for less than that. Not only does it<br>>annouce the incoming calls by number, it can also match certain numbers<br>>and either announce them verbally (ie: payphones say "PAYPHONE" instead
<br>>of speaking the number) or actually pick up the phone and tell them to<br>>go away ("The person you have dialed is not accepting your call.<br>>Goodbye.") which is great for telemarketers - I have it programmed to
<br>>PFO any callers that block their CID. Even though I didn't build it<br>>myself, the geek factor is still up there and the WAF is out of this<br>>world.<br>><br>>And it works when the TV is off.<br>>
<br>><br>><br>Yes, talking caller id does sound pretty cool.<br><br>...<br><br>-Mike<br>P.S. If I were to ever do something like that, I would surely pass it along.<br>_______________________________________________
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If you decide to go that route take a look at * at home.<br>
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