Phlink Updated With Multiple Line Support

May 11th, 2004 at 3:00 PM - News by Mike Washlesky

Ovolab has released an update for Phlink, bringing it to version 1.4. Phlink is a telephony utility designed for creating a telephone information center. The update features support for multiple phone lines and incoming fax detection. According to Perceptive Automation and Ovolab:

Ovolab today released version 1.4 of Ovolab Phlink, its innovative and award-winning telephony software for the Mac.

Ovolab Phlink is a software and hardware product that turns your Mac into a flexible and powerful answering machine and telephone information center.

The new version can handle multiple phone lines simultaneously, by simply plugging in multiple Phlink telephone adapters. Additionally, Ovolab Phlink now detects incoming faxes and routes them to the Macis internal fax modem. When a phone line is ringing, a translucent window pops up on the desktop, showing the phone number of the caller and the name, if available. Phlink users can add dynamic information to this window through AppleScript. For instance, a script can automatically look up the calleris phone number on the Internet and display the name and address of the caller in this pop-up window.

You can find more information about the Phlink update at the Ovolab Web site. Phlink 1.4 is free for registered users, while the full version is available for US$159.95.