Comments on: How to have important Emails read to you over the phone when you are away from your PC

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Hi Eric (comment 11),

Thanks for your comment.

Currently Skylook only supports the default Microsoft Windows text to speech engine. We will add this request on to our Skylook roadmap for a later release. Are there any text to speech engines in particular that you would recommend we take a look at?

Thanks Eric.

Jeremy – Skylook Team

By: Eric Vasbinder

Eric Vasbinder — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Your product, skylook, is very interesting and powerful. However, the phone call alerts are somewhat hard to understand. This is most likely due to the text to speech engine being used.

Is there a higher quality text to speech engine that skylook can utilize to generate the alert messages?

Best Regards,
Eric

By: How to receive important email via SMS when you are away from your PC

How to receive important email via SMS when you are away from your PC — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

[...] 9. Fill out the next wizard page as shown. IMPORTANT: By default, Skylook abbreviates the email message to fit into a single SMS message, which can hold a maximum of 160 characters. This can be appropriate for some emails – e.g. simple notification emails where much of the information is in the subject line, but obviously is not appropriate for longer emails. If you expect longer emails, change the “Abbreviate” option to allow Skylook to send you multiple SMS messages, or check the “Only include lines containing” option and enter key phrases to identify the parts of the email you want included. If neither of these options is suitable, you can use the “Email to Phone Call Forwarding” feature instead of an Email SMS alert. (This will read the entire email to you in a single phone call). [...]

By: admin

admin — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Hi,

Outlook needs to be running in order for Skylook to work.

Regards,
Paul

By: A C W

A C W — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Hi,

Will Skylook still work if Outlook is not currently running, or does Outlook need to be actually running for Skylook to function?

Thanks

By: Special Skylook offer for Skitch users

Special Skylook offer for Skitch users — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

[...] Have important emails read to you over your phone when you are away from your PC. [...]

By: admin

admin — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

At present you need a Skype account in order to send SMS or voice alerts.

Regards,
Paul

By: S McGarrett

S McGarrett — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Is there an option to use this without a Skype account? I’m looking for an app that will call my cell when particular e-mails are received and, outside of the Skype requirement, this apps looks perfect.

By: J Johnson

J Johnson — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for your response. I think it would be worth your while as there must be many users out there who have bought Skype cordless phones.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion – we will keep this in mind as an enhancement possibility.