Free alerting software for windows

Call Alert! - Free Caller ID software for your modem with Talking Call Alert and Call Block You have no doubt wished you could be aware on who is calling without the need to pick up the phone and answer a call.
Call Alert! enables your PC to recognize the caller without the need to answer. Call Alert! employs Caller ID service provided by your phone company, alerting you immediately when a new call arrives. Call Alert! notifies you of the call details unobtrusively by displaying a graphical tool-tip in the Windows taskbar, near the system clock.
Call Alert! will optionally play back a ring sound, which can be customized depending on whos calling. You can always choose to disable all sound alerts whatsoever, or, for example, only ring if an important person is calling.
With Call Alert!, you can block telemarketers (or any other unwelcome callers) easily: simply select whole or any part of a telephone number, and add it to the "black list". Call Alert! will recognize such callers, and disconnect them automatically after just one ring. When an unwanted call arrives, the phone is simply disconnected.
Call Alert! uses latest technology to achieve smoothest, fastest operation. The software uses newest Microsoft text-to-speech (TTS) development for better quality voice announces.
Call Alert! will work on most computers. Call Alert! does not require an expensive voice modem; usually, any modem that is already installed in your system will do.
Recent enhancements to the software provide a greater number of notification and alerting options designed to cater for the most demanding users. What is best, this convenient Caller ID software is completely free! Make your life more convenient with Caller ID service and Call Alert! software!
Main features:
Call Alert! alerts you when the phone is ringing by any combination of the following:
- Speaks callers name and number with a text-to-speech (TTS) voice;
- Plays a unique ring sound or melody;
- Displays callers picture or opens its respective file (third-party CRM application);
- Runs an external application and passes Caller ID information;
- Forwards call details to a pre-defined e-mail address.
Call Alert! has an address book, in which it keeps a list of welcome and unwanted contacts (White and Black list concept), allowing you to only be alerted by certain callers. Call Alert! can disconnect telemarketers calls basing on any part of the telephone number.
System requirements:
- Data/Fax or Voice modem
- Caller ID service from the phone company.

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