Its a shame there isn't a cordless caller ID or a good multi cordless phone with 3 handsets or something. On 24 Mar 2012, at 20:15, Spring Flower wrote: > sounds to me like it could be snookered. > > the cobolt one is strange isn't it as you have toput the numbers in first or > something so it knows them and you can only put so many in, is the rnib one > different > > i have a stand alone talking caller id from rnib but i can't remember how > much i paid for it, we were being pesteredsomething cronic by an 0800 > number, i'd tried answering but saying nothing but leaving the line open but > that didn't work, tried throwing the hanset in a box with the line open and > that didn't work either, i then pressed the button on the caller id so they > could hear their own phone number, that did it, haven't had them call again > since!! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard Godfrey-McKay > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 5:52 PM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: TALKING CALLER ID > > Yes Eleanor, that's the one. It's odd because it registers incoming calls, > but annoyingly doesn't now announce them as the calls come in. > > Richard Godfrey-McKay > Telephone: 01738-445 880 > Mobile: 07791 452 593 > > > > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Eleanor Burke > Sent: 24 March 2012 17:48 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: TALKING CALLER ID > > Well I understand that Cobalt do a phone with caller ID and also RNIB do a > land-line phone with caller ID. Are you referring to the Caller ID purchased > many years ago for around £30.00 from RNIB? I have one of these. What is > the matter that it is not working properly? Guess I do not have to state the > obvious, is the cable from it to the phone in tact? > > Eleanor > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard Godfrey-McKay > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 5:42 PM > Subject: [access-uk] TALKING CALLER ID > > Hi, My RNIB talking caller ID is not working properly, and I'd welcome info > on any suitable replacement. Thanks, > Richard > > Richard Godfrey-McKay > Telephone: 01738-445 880 > Mobile: 07791 452 593