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Philips SJA9191 Voice Announce Talking Caller ID with Display Screen
$49.40
PROS: Easy to setup and use. Wildcard phone numbers, meaning you can put in just an area code and record your voice saying the city/county/state for that area code. The computer voice is nice and clear. Doesn't lose any of your settings when the power goes out!

CONS: Your recorded voice isn't as loud as the computer voice. There is no feature to disable including the area code in the voice announce for local calls. Sometimes when you record your own voice for a number the playback preview is from a different number, even though it stored your new recording correctly (this isn't a big deal at all, but it makes you think it didn't record your new entry correctly, when it did). A backlight that came on when the phone rang would be a plus. It would be really nice if you could put in an area code wildcard and have it playback your recording for that area code, then announce the phone number minus the area code in the computer voice.

OTHER THOUGHTS: I bought this for my 82 year old mother who can't read the caller ID on the phone. I was skeptical it would do everything they claimed, but it does, and it does it very well.

Scosche solCHAT Solar Powered Bluetooth Speakerphone with Voice Announce
$99.99
This thing is great with a 3GS. The voice dialing on it makes this a clear winner for a speakerphone option. It would definitely be less useful with a 3G or 1st gen iPhone (since no voice dialing). Battery is fantastic. I took it out of the package, and haven't charged it once. The solar charge seems to work great. The one thing that I would say is negative, is that incoming calls announce the phone number of the caller, NOT the name from your phonebook. Regardless, this is relatively minor, and this item still receives 5-stars.

Dumb Ass T-Shirt (extra large) - Descriptive white T-shirt to announce the wearer. Back reads "I'm with Stupid". Beware of imitations.
$9.95
Descriptive white T-shirt to announce the wearer. Back reads "I'm with Stupid". Beware of imitations.

Philips Voice Announce/VoiceAnnounce Talking Call Waiting Caller ID with Display Screen
$49.99
The VoiceAnnounce Caller ID is designed to help you identify calls by displaying the Caller ID information on an LCD screen and announcing the caller's identity over a built-in speaker. Using VoiceAnnounce technology saves you from having to run to the Caller ID unit every time the phone rings.You can program the unit to associate frequent callers with names you record in your own voice. The recorded name can be announced instead of the telephone number to help identify important calls. You can record up to 50 names and associate them with your frequent callers. You can even record customized outgoing messages for specific callers. If you have call waiting ID service from your local telephone company, your VoiceAnnounce Caller ID will announce and display information about your call waiting callers too. Your VoiceAnnounce Caller ID stores the last 99 calls in a call log for audible and visual review.