Not entirely DIY question...

...but you lot seem to have a bunch of experience of the old and gently decrepit.

My old man's getting old. Late '70s, early stages of dementia. He lives on his own, and gets a lot of scam calls - so tends to not answer the phone.

His current phone hasn't got any kind of caller ID or display on it. A cordless phone would disappear into the morass of old newspapers and junk mail in about ten seconds flat, along with the scraps of paper he insists on writing phone numbers on.

So... what's needed is a corded landline phone with nice big buttons and a nice big display to show the name of who's calling from the address book.

Any recommendations?

Reply to
Adrian
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I don't know of anyone who offers a telephone linked to a reverse number lookup from a telephone book. There may be legal restrictions.

I believe some of the VOIP companies do offer something akin to spam filter for phones.

Reply to
Nick

Y'know, like any mobile has...

01234 567890 is in the address book with my name, so it comes up with my name on the screen.
Reply to
Adrian

And indeed like any of the cordless setups with base station have (although I can see why one of those wouldn't do you). What about:

Amplicom PowerTel 30 Plus Big Button Desk Phone Binatone Speakeasy 7 Big Button Corded Phone

Reply to
Tim Streater

One of my partner's friends has a service that requires callers to identify themselves by name and press the hash key before the call is passed on. I think it is provided by BT, but I've not seen what the equipment at her end is like.

Reply to
Nightjar

I think Nick was getting confused between 'the' address book and 'your' (Dads) address book. ;-)

I know you didn't mention your Dads hearing but ignoring that, this seems to be well liked by many:

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It looks like the CLI does hook up with the address book (if you include the area code in the address book).

p24 "Phone book. Thirty-two phone numbers can be stored in the phone book together with the associated names. ? Always enter the area access code with the phone numbers so that the telephone can also assign incoming local calls to a phone book entry"

Cheers, T i m

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T i m

Google scrapes reverse number lookups from the web, so even the names of companies you haven't entered into your phonebook are displayed. This only seems to apply to Nexus devices and you have to opt-in, but I don't suppose the O/P wants a smartphone for his Dad.

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Andy Burns

TrueCall, and plug his existing phone into it. Set it up so he gets calls only from known friends, and anyone else gets given a contact number (eg you).

You can also check calls he's received on the web portal.

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A phone with memory buttons may be useful, eg this one has 8 one-touch memories

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This one has 3 memories and a large call display screen

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Owain

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spuorgelgoog

It's Truecall technology, licenced by BT and used in some of their cordless phones eg

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Owain

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spuorgelgoog

Sign him up to the telephone preference service TPS, this stops a lot of nu isance calls. Once activated it takes a few weeks during which you noticeab ly get fewer calls eventually they stop. The only persistent ones we get ar e the "no win, no fee" legal firms because someone has put out details of a n accident we had 2 years ago.

Richard

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Tricky Dicky

Done years ago.

Reply to
Adrian

Call blockers are being discussed on BBC Radio 4 "Moneybox" at this very moment. Should be On iPlayer soon.

Reply to
Reentrant

Perhaps something for the Doro range

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alan_m

There are also some links from the "Moneybox" page of the BBC wibble.

Nick

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Nick Odell

I've been impressed with the Doro ones. We don't have them any more because we have a load of IP phones.

Reply to
Bob Eager

Some very good suggestions here already.

From the bargain basement end of the spectrum, I've just bought a BT Decor 2200 phone, new, from ebay for twelve quid. It will do all those things you ask so see if the buttons and display are big enough for him. I bought it because I can alter the volume in the handset and boost the sound level when I need it.

My only comment would be that it also does an awful lot of other things which I don't want and don't need and you might want to make sure those other things aren't confusing.

Nick

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Nick Odell

I have those and they are excellent. They were in Tesco's sale a week or so ago starting at £25 for one handset. The spammers just don't bother trying to get through.

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dennis

It's like a phone - unfortunately not corded

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Reply to
bert

In article , Tricky Dicky writes

Bit of a waste of time IME. International sources are not controlled and many UK companies now ignore it. "Marketing surveys" are not included.

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bert

Adrian scribbled

If he's on BT, they sell phones with call blocker tech. One with large keys costs £30 from Argos. I have no idea if you pay extra for the blocking from BT, the phone will block 1,000 numbers.

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He may already have Caller ID with his phone line.

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Jonno

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