CallClerk Settings Announce

The CallClerk - Settings - Announce window allows you to set how CallClerk will speak a message to announce an incoming call. Voice settings are also used by CallClerk in support of the remote access answering machine functions.  These voice features work with WIndows XP and Window 2000's text-to-speech functionality.

The text that appears in the 'Announcement starts with' entry on the CallClerk - Settings - Announce window will be announced in advance of the display name when an incoming call is received. You can also check on the Caller's Display Name and Number options to have those associated values announced too.

CallClerk also provides for the following substitutions in any of the search strings fields:

%Formatted Number% (will format the phone number as 555-123-4567 and substitute it
 %Unformatted Number%  (will format the phone number as 5551234567 and substitute it
 %Display Name% (will substitute the Display Name (from the Directory)
 %Caller ID Name%  (will substitute the Caller ID Name (as provided by your phone company)
 %Date% (will substitute with the current date in the format YYYY-MM-DD
%Year% (will substitute with the current year in the format YYYY
%Month% (will substitute with the current month in the format MM
%Day% (will substitute with the current day (01-31) in the format  DD
%Time% (will substitute with the current tim in the format HH-MM-SS
%Hour% (will substitute with the current hour in the format HH
 %Minutes% (will substitute with the current minutes in the format MM
 %Seconds% (will substitute with the current seconds in the format SS
 %Caller Type% (will substitute with one of the following values as appropriate: Familiar, Unfamiliar, Blocked
             
Here are a few examples of how the Announcement can be configured:
%Display Name% is calling
Attention you have an incoming call from %Caller ID Name%  at  %Unformatted Number% 

To change the default voice CallClerk uses select a voice from the voice drop down box. 

To change the Voice Speed and Volume slide the associate slider bars.

Click the [Test] button to test an announcement.

Click the [Get More Voices] to be linked to a CallClerk web site that will let you know where you can get more voices. 

Once the current settings have been modified the changes may be permanently applied by clicking on the [Apply] or [OK] button or voided by clicking on the [Cancel] button. If either the [OK] or [Cancel] button is pressed then the CallClerk – Settings window will be hidden.

 Here is what the CallClerk – Settings – Announce window looks like: