[BC] Call screener software

[Kirk Harnack]

Andy,

Probably the gold standard in this type of software is NeoScreener,
part of NeoWinners from a French firm, NeoGroupe.
http://www.neogroupe.com/products/neoscreener/neoscreenerProductPage_en.htm

Notably, NeoScreener is used at Sirius Satellite Radio for the Howard
Stern Show.

The Telos product, Assistant Producer, does a fine job, but it lacks
sophisticated database manipulation and sorting.

NeoGroupe is quite good at database manipulation.  That, plus an
intuitive user interface is why I say it's the "gold standard" in
phone software.

Disclosure:  Telos is the distributor of NeoWinners and NeoScreener in the USA.

If you want to offer your own software in this category, you'll want
to find a niche that doesn't appear to be filled by the other
offerings, and fill that.  If you don't want to re-invent the wheel,
try working out distribution for NeoGroupe in your area.  NeoGroupe's
president, Philippe Halin, is a good guy.

Best!

Kirk Harnack
Telos/Omnia/Axia




On 4/3/07, Andy Linton <alinton at iol.ie> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We've written some software which, with the aid of a little external
> interface, displays on your screen a phone caller's number, and links it to
> a database into which you put the caller's name, address etc.
>
> The first time someone calls you'd put in their location, name etc and you
> can enter if they've won a contest, if they are a regular caller, if they
> are a 'prize pig' and any special comment you wish.
>
> Then next time they call, before you pick up, you have their record on the
> screen. An assistant can enter the info, and the talent, looking at another
> PC on the LAN can see what's going on.
>
> Ideal I think for talk shows or indeed any show that gets callers.
>
> IS there anything like this already available commercially in the US, and do
> you think any stations there would be interested in it?
>
> Comments appreciated.
>
> Rgds
>
> Andy.
>