Generating a phone call from Rev

[Sarah Reichelt]

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Richard Miller <wow at together.net> wrote:
> Any suggestions on how to generate a phone message from Rev? This would be a
> situation in which I want my software to notify a vendor with a specific
> text-to-speech generated phone message. The message would be short
> (basically the name of a customer, a part number and the phone number of the
> customer). There must be some services out there that Rev can tie into for
> this.

I use the Ovolab Phlink for sending automated alarm messages from my
process control apps.
It uses AppleScript and is quite flexible although there are some problems.
Since it only calls me or my fellow workers, this isn't too bad.

My technique for alarms is to use sound first. During working hours,
this will be enough to attract attention.
If this doesn't work, then I send both emails and SMS messages and
wait for a response.
If neither of these work, then I start calling people.

Cheers,
Sarah