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mdk@col.hp.com (Mark Keisling) writes:
>mike@CEB.McMaster.CA (Mike Anderson) writes:
>> CALLER-ID BASED ANSWERING MACHINE
>> It should be cheap to build a device based on caller id that serves as an
>> answering machine of sorts.  When it was activated it would pick up after the
>> 3rd ring or so and play a fixed message out of ROM "your party cannot come
>> to the phone at the moment, your number has been noted so that your call can be
>> returned at a later time, bood-bye.",  It would then store the number and time
>> for later recall on an lcd display. 
>
>Again, be aware that not everyone has a choice to provide a number. 

Better yet, I have already designed and now use a PC-based
voice mail system that gives a custom greeting if it recognizes 
the caller's number.

Upon playback, it announces the custom name that I have recorded
for that number before it plays back the message. Otherwise,
it just annunciates the number. Great for finding out who keeps
hanging up without leaving a message! :)

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