Cidney: A Smarter Caller ID System

Cidney is an application for the Mac designed to be a smarter and more flexible replacement for your phone's ringer and Caller ID system. Using modern technologies such as Growl notifications and AppleScript, Cidney not only tells you who's calling, but can take action based on that information as well. For example, if you'd like to receive an e-mail whenever you miss a call at home, Cidney can send that for you.

Cidney also uses local peer-to-peer networking technology to let all of your computers know who is calling. Simply connect one computer to the your landline and that computer will tell the others on the network when you receive a call. Using this feature, you can receive Caller ID notifications on a any computer - just as if it were connected to the phone line itself.

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Requires Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard"
& Apple USB modem

Features

Screenshots

Screenshots of the application are included in the documentation below.

Documentation

1. Getting Started - How to download, install, and start running Cidney.

2. Filters - How to set up filters for managing incoming call notifications.

3. AppleScript - How to set up special actions to executed when a call comes arrives.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What hardware does Cidney support?

A: Cidney was develoed and tested using Apple's USB modem. Cidney may work with other serial or USB modems, but we haven't verified this ourselves. (If you are successfully using Cidney with one of these other modems, please let us know.

Q: Does Cidney run on the iPhone? or Can Cidney log incoming calls from my mobile phone?

A: Because Apple has locked down the iPhone's Bluetooth stack and failed to provide the necessary device profiles, Cidney does not work with the iPhone in any way. This may change in the future, but the ball is in Apple's court.

For other mobile phones, we are investigating adding support for listening for incoming calls over the proper Bluetooth profiles. This feature is still in the planning and research stage, so please follow the Audacious Software weblog for updates.

Q: Can Cidney listen for calls on my local VoIP (or other specialized) system?

At the moment, Cidney only supports listening over USB modems. However, we are working on a plugin architecture that would allow users of specialized systems to add support by crafting modules of their own. This feature is still in the planning and research stage, so please follow the Audacious Software weblog for updates.

Support

If you have any comments or questions, please let us know using either of these channels:

Cidney Discussion Forum
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