Talking Caller ID 7.0 beta

Talking Caller ID is a shareware program that actually talks to you, telling you who is calling before you pick up the phone. It also includes a full featured answering machine. You must subscribe to the caller id service from your local phone company and have a caller id capable modem or other supported caller id computer hardware device. The program supports TAPI which lets you share your modem with other programs that use your modem. It can also work with 2 phone lines at the same time.

The program can also notify you via pager or e-mail of calls received. There is no need to run over to your caller id display to see who is calling. The program uses the new Microsoft Agent technology with animated talking characters and a very nice text-to-speech engine which pronounces the name and/or number received from your caller id service. A window pops up showing you who is calling. You can configure this window to be minimized, normal size or maximized to the largest font which will fit on your screen. You can record a custom greeting in your own voice for each caller that the program will say on your speakers whenever you receive a call from that person. You can attach a photo or text file to any caller which will be displayed whenever a call from that person is received. The program even supports speech recognition when the free speech recognition engine is installed. With the optional free speech control panel you can modify the pronunciation of any words that you want. You can train the speech recognition for your voice for higher accuracy. more