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Author Topic: Digital Answering Machine Dean Craig Film Handler Posts: 7 From: Olds, AB, Canada Registered: Dec 2003 posted 03-07-2012 11:59 AM                    Hello all I was wanting to know what do you all use for a digital answering machine, all I’m looking for is it to announce, don’t need it to take messages. We had a Smart DASA 300, but it died. Any suggestions…  |  IP: Logged Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 03-07-2012 01:15 PM                        I used to have an answering machine on my "movie hotline" number but a few years ago I switched my telephone service from the telephone company to the cable company and they include voicemail with the service at no extra cost. So now I don't have any answering machines at all. When I had one, it was one of the $24.95 specials from the local hardware store, usually a GE brand as I recall. However: I do some computer consulting as a sideline and several years ago I set up a custom multi-line answering machine fax machine for a business that, among other things, sorts their incoming voice messages and faxes and archives and emails them to various departments as needed. I've always thought that something similar to this would be useful for my theatre too, where you could press 1 for what's playing, 2 for admission prices and so on. But since I have "free" voicemail it's not currently worthwhile to set up. However, if you want to look at a solution like this there are two options, depending on how many features you want the system to have. If you just want the basic answering machine, look at mgetty/vgetty. If you want a more full-features setup, lookk at Asterisk.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-07-2012 04:16 PM                     We use Interalia DMU that are made I believe in calgary and they are expandable  |  IP: Logged Philip Jones Film Handler Posts: 90 From: England Registered: Dec 2011 posted 03-08-2012 09:47 AM                     We're looking for something similar. Ideally we want it to be able to have 3 options. Press 1 for this week's showtimes Press 2 for next week's showtimes Press 3 to speak to someone personally. Then if option 3 is pressed but no one is available to take the call it would go to a further message saying "No one is currently available to take your call, please try again later". I'm in the UK, if anyone knows of any answerphone that does this it'd be great.  |  IP: Logged Andy Frodsham Expert Film Handler Posts: 238 From: Stoke on Trent, Staffs, UK Registered: Nov 2006 posted 03-08-2012 10:22 AM                     Try the 'Retell' range of answering machines available from a considerable number of office equipment suppliers in the UK. Google the name!  |  IP: Logged Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: Boulder Creek, CA. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 03-24-2012 02:39 PM                     If you have a managed VOIP system you could get this from your provider as a service. We used auto-attendants chained together to get similar functionality.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 03-26-2012 09:28 PM                        Still have several Smart machines like yours. Louis  |  IP: Logged Michael Voiland Expert Film Handler Posts: 219 From: Naperville, IL US Registered: Aug 2009 posted 03-30-2012 09:43 PM                     Grasshopper provides a virtual pbx all managed online.  |  IP: Logged Timothy Eiler Expert Film Handler Posts: 126 From: Litchfield , Minnesota, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 04-18-2012 07:17 AM                        We use a old windows 95 computer with a voice mail box software that has unlimited outgoing message time and has the capability of multiple mail boxes  |  IP: Logged

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