CallerID  -  Caller Display System

by Octopus Systems (Demo)


RISC User Magazine Disc subscribers can obtain the Caller Display System from Octopus Systems for just 90 inc. VAT, postage and packing - 10% off the usual
price. For ordering details, see below.


Imagine: The phone is about to ring. You dont know it, but your computer does. So it displays the name and number of the caller on screen, opens any files or documents relevant to the caller, turns off the audio CD that is playing in your CD-ROM drive, and then announces the name of the caller, all before your phone has even had a chance to ring. This is all made possible using a combination of British Telecom's Caller Display service which costs 4 a quarter, and the new Caller Display System from Octopus Systems. The system includes a hardware unit which connects your telephone line to your computer's serial port and a software application which matches the caller's telephone number to details inside its database and then runs a user-defined script. A demo of this application is provided on this disc.

The Demonstration

This demonstration version will let you try out the Caller Display System. It simulates a telephone call to show you what would happen if the full version was connected to your telephone line.

Note that you can use this demonstration as a useful utility in its own right by simply deleting the DemoScript file inside the application. You can then use it for storing your personal telephone directory, dialling numbers and for looking up area codes. Use Acorn's interactive Help application for a full description of the buttons and menus in the CallerID application.

Special offer

To obtain the Caller Display System (without the Speak application) for the special price of 90 inc. VAT and delivery, send your RISC User membership number and a cheque made payable to Octopus Systems to:

Octopus Systems
9 Randwell Close
Ipswich
IP4 5ES

Tel:01473 728943
email: cid@octosys.co.uk
http://www.octosys.co.uk/

The normal prices for the Caller Display System are:

* Caller Display for RISC OS: 99
* Caller Display & Speak for RISC OS: 120
* Caller Display for Windows (fewer facilities): 89
* Atomwide single/triple serial port: 93/117

All prices include the Caller Display unit, software, manual, telephone splitter, VAT and delivery (7 days). The Atomwide serial port card is only needed if you have an Archimedes A300 or A400, or if your serial port is already in use. The Speak application or other speech software is needed to announce the callerss name.

 Copyright Octopus Systems 1997
