PhoneValet Home Edition is an intelligent telephone assistant that incorporates all of the features a busy family could want to organize their calls!
PhoneValet Home Edition comes with all the features a busy family could want to organize their calls. Amazingly easy to install and use, it plays ring tones, takes junk calls, helps the right person answer first, dials and gives everyone their own mailbox!
Here are some key features of "PhoneValet Home Edition":
Voice Mail:
· Voice mail can operate as a simple answering machine (single voice mailbox), or you can enable up to 5 separate mailboxes
· Voice mailboxes accessed with touch-tones. Mailboxes can be individually enabled and disabled
· Main greeting and greetings for each mailbox - importable from audio files, recordable from system microphone (if present) or generated using Apple speech synthesis
· Audio playback controls integrated into call history list, audio files available in filesystem for advanced users
· Functions no matter what user is logged in and even works when no users are logged in
· Interface allows easy access to new and flagged messages
· Check messages by calling in (protected by secret codes). Listen to new, flagged or all messages. Replay, save and erase messages quickly
· Messages can be emailed including standard sound file attachments. PhoneValet not required by email recipients to listen to messages
· Message emails can be sent to multiple recipients on a per-mailbox basis. Audio formats provided are suitable for emailing to iPhones
Unlimited Call and Message History:
· Stores date/time, number, and name for all incoming calls
· Unlimited call and message history is superior to limited message services and Caller ID boxes
· Call a number back by a simple click of the mouse
· Easy searching and sorting to quickly find calls of interest
Talking Caller ID:
· Announces incoming callers on-screen and using Apple`s speech system
· Customize screen sizes and time-of-day for speech
Answer Based on Who is Calling:
· Custom ringtones (whatever you like -- songs, sounds files, voice recordings)
· Answer voice mail immediately (instead of waiting set number of rings) or optionally, forward directly to the appropriate voice mail box
· Customize greeting messages
· Call blocking (plays greeting but then hangs up, can block faxes and voice calls)
Flexible Dialing:
· Specify rules for dialing long-distance and calling-card calls
· Dial by voice using a microphone
· Dial directly from Apple`s Address Book
· Dial from almost any application using the Apple Services menu
· Dial via AppleScript/Apple Events (examples provided)
· Dial from the pasteboard using simple copy-and-paste
Address Book Integration:
· Seamless Address Book integration allows PhoneValet to look up callers in your address book for call history and announcements
· Use your existing Address Book cards for voice dialing, and customize dialing rules
Call Actions:
· Run AppleScripts for each incoming call with Caller ID info (examples provided)
· Send email (even to most cell phones by SMS) on incoming calls
· Run AppleScripts after voice mails are left (for instance, to add audio to iTunes/iPod playlists)
Apple Modem Support:
· PhoneValet uses the Apple USB modem or a compatible internal modem (download modem test program)
· Modem can still be used for dial-up Internet service as needed - PhoneValet will yield the modem automatically for the Mac OS dialup Internet feature, and will start monitoring for calls again after the modem hangs up.
· Modem can be used to send faxes - PhoneValet will yield the modem automatically for your fax sending software and will start monitoring for calls again after the fax finishes sending.
· If you have a fax machine that shares the line with voice calls, PhoneValet will suspend voice mail when a fax is coming in and allow the machine to take the call
· When used with PhoneValet Home Edition, Apple modem cannot be used to receive faxes
PhoneValet Anywhere Network Features:
· PhoneValet Anywhere is a paid value-added extension to PhoneValet that extends many features to networked computers.
· Can send call announcements to Macs and Windows PCs on your network
· Access call and message history using a standard web browser
· Access recent calls and messages using the iPhone web browser
Requirements:
· G4, G5 or Intel processor Mac.
· Apple USB modem or compatible internal modem.
· Standard (analog) phone line with touch tones. Vonage and similar VoIP lines are supported if you can use regular phones.
· Some features require Caller ID service.
Limitations:
· 30 days trial period.
What`s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Stability improvements on Snow Leopard.
