"Speech Dialler" that emails?

[EightyTwo]

Anyone know of a standalone device (like a speech dialler) that can be programmed to email alerts via the customer's network connection?

I have a customer with a speech dialler (Menvier SD1+) who wants to get rid of her land line. She doesn't want/need the hassle of a GSM speech dialler and I wondered if there was a device that could be programmed to send her emails when it received a trigger input. She has Virgin Media internet so that's on a different cable.

I know that there are panels with add-ons that can do this sort of thing but she is trying to save money (she's a charity worker) so she won't want a panel change.

My thought is that the land line will be her cheapest option...

 

[GalaxyGuy]

There's probably some Raspberry Pi build with inputs that can be connected to the trigger and a 12v to 5v stepdown. Could be more bother than its worth though...

 

[drnowt]

I was looking for a similar device and found nothing suitable off the shelf. As GalaxyGuy suggested, it is possible to achieve this with a raspberry Pi. I ended up doing this successfully, based on this:

https://github.com/sidb/PiAlarm

The Pi can't accept anything over 5V directly onto its GPIO ports. So to provide isolation and effectively drop the voltage down, a second PCB with optocouplers is used.

 

[EightyTwo]

Thanks guys. This would be a good solution for the likes of you and me but it would be difficult to support it comercially. My customer will just have to keep her land line!

 

[bernardgreen]

The land line is the best option as it requires no bespoke equipment that some one will have to maintain in the future. It would have to have a user interface to allow the e-mail and message to be changeable by the user as and when necessary.

Although there is an on going rental cost the reliability of a land line and SD1+ is much higher than an e-mail via the internet connection.

 

[EightyTwo]

Bernard, I agree.