Public Beta Test for New Plugin - Help Wanted

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Have you ever wanted to integrate the telephone system into your FileMaker solutions?

Now you can!

FP Telephony Inc., have been working to integrate FileMaker with Windows tapi devices since the spring of 2002. Now as we prepare to launch this dynamic plugin we are asking for your assistance in a limited public beta test. We hope to get enough responses to complete our testing to make sure our new software is ready for market.

If you assist us we will provide you with a free license for this very

powerful plugin after it is officially released.

This is what you will need to participate:

1. Windows OS (98, Me, W2K, XP)

2. Voice modem or telephony board

3. FileMaker versions 5.0 or higher

4. Call display on your telephone line (recommended)

This is what we ask of people who are interested:

Send an email to [email protected] stating your desire to participate in the beta test (or if you need more information before deciding), including the following 3 pieces of information:

1. A valid email address you can be reached

2. The make and model of your voice modem / telephony device

3. Your FileMaker and Windows version

After receiving this information, we will contact you shortly by email and let you know how to download our beta version of the plugin.

After that, we will want you to install the plugin, test the included examples out, and then fill out a short questionnaire on what you have found. We will give more specific information as to exactly want we want to the people who express interest in participating. It will not be an excessive amount of work for beta testers, estimated at 2 to 5 hours.

The FP Telephony plugin is a powerful FileMaker plugin that will allow you to create robust computer telephony applications easily. It uses the Windows tapi standard so it will work on a wide variety of hardware devices from inexpensive voice modems to full featured telephony boards. Unfortunately since tapi is a Windows api, this plugin will currently only work on the Windows platform at this time.

Some possible uses for the FP Telephony plugin:

- log all incoming calls with caller ID in a Filemaker table and cross reference them to a contact table

- create a full featured answering machine

- create a voice response IVR system

- create an auto-dialer announcement application

- allow customers to check their account information over the phone

- take automated credit card orders over the phone

- record all incoming and outgoing conversations for future reference

Thank you for your assistance, we hope to hear from you soon.

FP Telephony Team