Telephony API / Interfacing between phone and pc

Agent007

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Ok - I'm volunteering at a non-profit over the break, and I'm having to create a computer application which calls their clients and asks them questions like:

PC: "Do you prefer coffee or tea? Press 1 for coffee, 2 for tea."

Human: <Presses 2>

PC: "Thank you"...interview goes on from here. Phone numbers will be pulled out of a DB and I can figure out the logic tree, the problem is actually calling a phone from a computer... buying an existing API from someone like BlackIce is not an option because of cost....



I know there are some extremely skilled technical people on HF, and was hoping that someone could help me. I would say I'm an intermediate coder, but I don't have experience with anything like this.
 
Check out Asterisk. I could see your system (depending upon additional details) being built with an existing box and a POTS card for under $100 in parts.
 
I appreciate the help - does anyone have any solid FAQ links, or any other documentation which I could read online? I'm still trying to wrap my head around this, and its not too easy...
 

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