Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (telephone a contact)

To telephone a contact, i usually:

Type the entire phone number
Type the assigned speed dial number
Type in numbers/letters until the contact list finds it.
Type in numbers/letters in custom app (which gathers contact info from multiple sources)
Speak the contact's name
Scroll through the contact list
Use Last-call return
Use Google Voice
Have my secretary or the operator make the call for me
My rotary dial does not have a contacts list
Give my carrier pigeon the other can and an address
I do not use a telephone

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Re^2: poll ideas quest 2015 (telephone a contact) by Tux (Canon) on Mar 14, 2015 at 09:45 UTC
Use my perl/Tk app that gathers all contact info from my mobile phone(s), the company (ldap) database(s) and all other available sources, enter part of the name or number and click on the entry that matches, which then sends the appropriate controls to my (mobile) phone to dial the corresponding number No joke, I do this :) Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2015 (telephone a contact) by chacham (Prior) on Mar 16, 2015 at 14:09 UTC
That's a mouthful. :) Does the "gathering" happen each time you dial, or just from time to time? If the latter, this is at least a little similar to Google voice. GV maintains a contacts list and allows for either the name or number to be typed, showing matching contacts all the while. It then calls you (this is deviates from your setup) and makes the call to the contact for you. I'll add the option. Please reword it for me. :)	[reply]
Re^4: poll ideas quest 2015 (telephone a contact) by Tux (Canon) on Mar 16, 2015 at 15:35 UTC
Gathering happens on startup and on mouse-click on the refresh button. Type part of target data in perl/Tk app gathering from many sources Though that of course does not completely cover the case :) Feel free to `s{perl/Tk}{perl GUI}` Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: poll ideas quest 2015 (telephone a contact) by chacham (Prior) on Mar 16, 2015 at 16:10 UTC
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2015 (telephone a contact) by ambrus (Abbot) on Mar 16, 2015 at 15:34 UTC
Press the down button to scroll through the phonebook of my mobile phone until I find the contact. There are only about 300 entries, so it's quick enough.	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2015 (telephone a contact) by chacham (Prior) on Mar 16, 2015 at 16:09 UTC
Added. Can't believe i forgot the basic option. :P	[reply]