Phone/Fax Tools

CallClerk is an advanced phone assistant that combines CallerID features, an answering machine and call processing features. It can notify you of new calls via tray pop-up, flashing keyboard light or email message, allowing you to receive notice of new calls, even if you are not at home. The program can also block callers and offers distinctive rings based on the CallerID, as well as integration with your Outlook contacts. Other features include faxing, outgoing calls, uploading of call history to a web page, reverse phone lookup via online sources, network reporting, browser integration (for outgoing calls) and more. A very complex phone assistant with tons of features at an affordable price.

PC-Telephone(R) is a powerful communications software application that enables you to exploit the full communications potential of the Internet, Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) and Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). PC-Telephone makes possible to use your computer as a digital telephone, fax machine, voicemail client, data transfer system and much more. PC-Telephone integrates the regular Computer Telephony and Internet Telephony (Voice over IP) in a single user interface.

Mighty Fax lets you send and receive faxes without the need for a fax machine. You can fax documents directly from Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, your scanner software or any other Windows program. The program installs as a virtual printer driver, so it is available from the print dialog in any application - to fax a file, just select Print and then choose the MightyFax printer. Doing so will launch the fax interface, that lets you enter the recipient information, or select it from the address book, specify a cover page and send the fax. In addition, MightyFax can also print incoming faxes as they are received. The program is very easy to use (almost easier than a real fax machine) and offers a good set of features to manage all your faxed documents.

VentaFax is a powerful fax/voice messaging software for Windows that sends and receives faxes, and converts your PC with a fax-modem into a versatile answering machine with remote control and email integration. You can retrieve your fax and voice messages from any touchtone phone and also have your email messages and faxes forwarded to you as email attachments. VentaFax also supports CallerID (if available) and allows you to record a telephone conversation with just a click of the button. The user interface is friendly and intuitive, resembling a regular fax machine with buttons and controls. Additional features include support for color faxes, PDF conversion, voice mailboxes, automatic voice/data/fax mode recognition, distinctive Ring and more. VentaFax is accessible from any Windows application, via a virtual printer driver.

IVM Telephone Answering Attendant is a telephone answering machine, voice mail, call attendant and interactive voice response (ivr) program for your PC. It offers an extensive array of features, that should satisfy even the most demanding users. The program can act as regular voice mail, call attendant, info-line or audiotext solution, with many features to customize actions based on the caller, time of day and type of call. You can forward messages to other phones, create interactive prompt menus (press 1 for sales, 2 for service... etc.) and much more. You can also forward messages by email, or upload them to a web site. Other features include CallerID try popup, detailed logging of all calls, remote access, support for multiple phone lines and much more. If you are looking for phone related automation and answering for your home or office, you should definitely put this one on top of your trial list.

IdentaFone Pro utilizes your Caller ID service to log all calls and keeps you informed about your caller s identity. The program can notify you with on-screen popups and speech notification but also remotely via paging, wireless phones and email. In addition, you can block any caller you choose, keep detailed caller logs and a use the built in phonebook to manage your phone usage. IdentaFone also includes the ability to instruct telemarketer automated dialers to take you off their list. Additional featurtes include the option to schedule forwarding options, retrieve Outlook contact information and more.

PhoneTray Dialup enables dial-up users to stay online without missing important phone calls. The software allows you to receive and screen phone calls while you are online, using your V.92 modem and Call Waiting service from your phone company to detect an incoming call. If you have Caller ID on Call Waiting service (from phone company), PhoneTray will also show the callers name and number, so you can decide if you want to answer the call or ignore it. The included CallerID software offers blocking of unwanted calls, telemarketer zapping and more.

Nico Fax Machine enables you to send faxes from your PC, using your scanner and fax modem. Simply insert a document in your scanner, start the Nico Fax Machine software and click the Scan button. You can also send any non-scanned document, by using the virtual printer driver that can be used to fax from any application that supports printing. In addition to sending faxes, you can also receive faxes, and even forward them by email. The program comes with a built-in address book, supports multi-page faxes, cover pages and more. The interface is easy to use and straightforward.

TRx Personal Phone Call Recorder enables you to (manually) record your phone calls on a phone line connected to your voice modem (or soundcard with phone adapter). You can choose to play optional recording start/stop announcements, and also use the on-hold feature with on-hold message or music. The recordings are saved in WAV format. TRx Personal Phone Call Recorder also includes a CallerID display. Compact interface and very easy to use.

Venta4Net is a network fax and voice messaging solution that enables sending of faxes and voice messages from any networked client computer, even if you only have a single modem and phone line. You install Venta4Net (server) on the machine with the modem and phone connection, and then install client applications on each workstation. The clients can then connect via TCP/IP and access the modem on the server computer. Each task created by users is transferred to the server and is placed in the schedule. Other features include user rights, phone book access, customizable cover pages and more. Venta4Net is compatible with a variety of fax modems. It supports additional capabilities of several modems like caller`s number delivery (Caller ID) and distinctive ring service.

IdentaPop is a unique Caller ID popup program integrates with MS Outlook and can display the Outlook address book information for contacts. The CallerID display overlays your screen and slowly fades away. The screen background remains totally visible including over moving video such as DVD movies. The text color, size, duration and the screen position is fully adjustable, allowing you to customize the projection to your liking. Also includes call blocking features and can play an outgoing wave file before hanging up.

Snappy Fax 2000 enables you to send and receive faxes from your computer. You can either use your scanner to scan documents and then fax them to any fax machine, or use the Print command from other applications to use the virtual Fax printer, which allows you to send faxes directly from most Windows applications. In addition, the program also supports sending faxes via the internet, filtering of junk faxes and forwarding of incoming faxes to other fax machines or email addresses. Additional features include address book import, faxes by email (with zip support for images), OCR, spell checking and much more.

Ascendis Caller ID is a CallerID software for your PC, that works with your telephone company`s caller id service to log and announce incoming phone calls. You can also block or ignore calls from specific numbers, or mark know callers with special ring tones. In addition, you can send email notifications of calls, enable text-to-speech to announce the call aloud, look up additional phone number information over the web and more. The program also offers several additional features, not often found in other caller id programs, this includes support for TiVo (Series 2 with Media Center) and network access via web browser to caller id logs. The built-in HTTP server enables you to access the caller id logs from any computer on the network, with a password protected interface (optional). In addition, Ascendis Caller ID supports advanced scripting actions that allow you to specify highly customized actions fr specific calls. Other features include import/export, import from ACT!, caller log database, customizable phone number formats and more.

Audio Caller ID allows you to monitor and log your incoming calls from your PC. In addition to a CallerID popup window on your desktop and optional voice announcement, it can also send an email message to a specified address or post the call log to a web page, allowing you to stay informed of incoming calls , even if you are not at home (but have access to the internet). The email notifications can be configured to include/exclude specific callers. In addition, you can assign an alias to certain callers, and also announce them with a custom WAV file.

CallZap is an easy to use CallerID software, with integrated call blocking features. It displays the name and number of the caller from the system tray, and also maintains a log of all calls that were received. You have the option to block calls based on their number (or part of it), as well as the name of the caller. In addition, you can also choose to block unknown and private callers.

IMS Telephone On-Hold Player enables you to play on-hold messages for your Telephone System (PBX). It features real time mixing of messages and music, as well as message scheduling to commence and expire on certain dates, or to play only on certain days of the week, times of day etc. The program comes with several generic on-hold messages and background musics. You can use the built-in recorder to record your own messages, or use the text-to-speech synthesis feature to create messages, using a voice or speech engine (not included).

FaxTools eXPert enables you to send and receive faxes through a fax modem or over the Internet (fax service required, additional charges apply). It integrates with your Outlook or Outlook Express contacts, and provides an interface similar to that of an email client, using a familiar Inbox/Outbox system to manage your faxes. You can customize your faxes with the cover sheet designer, apply templates, attach documents, and even send and receive email. FaxTools eXPpert can also print your incoming and outgoing faxes automatically, and delay faxing to a specified time.