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MacDial for Asterisk - 1.0.1

telephone dial solution for Asterisk PBX

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This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	1.0.1
Release Date:	2005-04-12
License:	Update
Downloads (this version):	1,503
Downloads (all versions):	1,675
Price:	$33.50

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Product Description:

MacDial for Asterisk is a unique OS X product which allows for easy one-click dialing on phones connected to an Asterisk PBX directly from Mac programs, databases, the Mac OS X address book and FileMaker. Now working down a telephone list is easy and you don't have to dial a single number by hand. Connections to a variety of applications in Mac and Unix are made possible through support for AppleScript and Shell Script.

What's new in this version:

improved support for AppleScript and Address Book dialing

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
Telephone connected to an Asterisk PBX server

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underfeatured and overpriced - Version: 1.0.1, 4/14/2005 03:43AM PST

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yaboot (Sunrise Telephone Systems Ltd)

While it is always nice to see more applications supporting Asterisk, this dialer is underfeatured and overpriced.

For less than half the asking price you can get Jon's Phone Tool (JPT) which is a dialer that outperforms MacDial hands down in every aspect other than support for the proprietary ISDN telephone sets that MacDial can interface to.

Consequently, if you need support for those ISDN telephone sets this would be the only justification to buy and use MacDial. Then again, if you deploy Asterisk, the chance is you will go for IP telephone sets and move away from proprietary phone technology.

If you are looking for a dialer for Asterisk, then JPT is your choice. While JPT does support many dial methods other than Asterisk, it still outperforms MacDial even if you are looking for a dialer for use with Asterisk only.