This article was posted to the Usenet group alt.hackers in
1995; any technical information is probably outdated.
Call-ID -> announced calls
Article: 7598 of alt.hackers From: edp@math.zk3.dec.com (Eric Postpischil) Newsgroups: alt.hackers Subject: Call-ID -> announced calls Date: 4 Apr 1995 18:12:42 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 22 Approved: edp Distribution: world Message-ID: 3ls26q$bdc@jac.zko.dec.com Reply-To: edp@mv.com NNTP-Posting-Host: math.zk3.dec.com Status: RO
I've been waiting over a decade for the pieces to fall into place, but
they're finally here: I just got a Supra FAX 288i modem and Procomm
Plus 2.11, both with calling-line identification support. I modified
Procomm's host-mode script to scan for the call-ID string, look up the
number in my database (which is automatically updated whenever I back up
my HP-95 to the PC), form the string "NAME is calling", and spawn a
batch script to run the READ program that came with the Sound Blaster
Pro that reads English text. Now my incoming calls are announced by the
Sound Blaster, with name if known and number otherwise.
-- edp (Eric Postpischil)
"Always mount a scratch monkey."
edp@mv.com
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