Re: modem programming - caller id

Robert Brown <[email protected]> Sun, 9 Nov 2003 01:55:37 -0600 (CST)
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.ppp
Message-ID <[email protected]>
srinath c writes:
 > Robert Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
 > I have my US Robotics Courrier external 56K V.everything modem doing
 > caller ID in a script that take the phone number and caller's name and
 > passes it thru a speech synthesizer so my sound board speaks the name
 > and number thru my speakers. That way, I do not have to look at the
 > screen to know who is calling.

 > Thanks for all ur replies.  Im using a D-link Conexant 56kbps internal modem.  Does this modem support something as urs?  

You would have to check with your modem manual or the tech support web 
page for your modem, but if it is not a winmodem (should be
loose-modem!), and if it supports caller-id, thenyou should be able to 
put a similar capability together for it.