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Is it possible for Ascendis Caller ID to automatically retrieve the Caller's name from the reverse phone number lookup URL?

I use a cell phone with a PhoneLabs Dock-N-Talk, see http://www.phonelabs.com/prd05.asp . The Dock-N-Talk provides Caller ID information to my home phones and to my modem and Ascendis Caller ID, but it will not include the Caller's name if the name is not already in my cell phone's contacts. In that case, the Dock-N-Talk defaults to send the phrase "Dock-N-Talk" in the Caller ID's name field. It would be great if Ascendis Caller ID would pull the name from the web reverse lookup instead. Or, perhaps Ascendis could be programmed to do the lookup automatically when the call comes in. Can this be done?

Thanks,
Steve Smith

I just found the answer to my questin in this post: http://www.ascendis.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=271

This works great. Is it possible for Ascendis to anounce the caller's name that is retrieved from a reverse lookup URL? Is it possibe for the caller's name to be displaced int the main Ascendis Caller ID window?

Thanks,
Steve Smith

Hello Steve,

At this time Ascendis Caller ID cannot speak or display the caller's name retrieved from a reverse lookup URL. In addition to other factors, the terms of use on these sites usually either expressly disallow such use or are unclear on the subject.

It would be cool though!

Finest regards,
Bill Root
Ascendis Software