A year in service
Pidgin Talk's first year with real offices, and what they taught us.
What we built, and when.
Status updates from the people building Kahevo, from its first days as a small project called Pidgin Talk to this week. The wins, and the faceplants too.
Updates from 2023
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A phone in the browser
Sign in to the web page and take calls right there, no desk phone needed.
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One click for US and Canada
A button adds the usual dialing rules, and each rule can show its own caller ID.
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Locking the doors
Security settings: blocking repeated failed sign-ins, call limits, and web lockout.
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An audio library
Upload greetings and music as WAV or MP3, in one place.
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Ring groups
Ring several phones at once or one after another, with a plan for when nobody picks up.
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Press 1 for sales
Menus arrive: a greeting, keys that lead somewhere, and a plan for callers who press nothing.
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The ground is shifting
PBX vendors are changing their terms and raising license costs. A note on why this project matters more than it did.
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Voicemail
Each extension gets a mailbox, a message light on the phone, and a number to listen from.
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Set up a phone with a link
Give a supported desk phone one link and it configures itself.
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The call that connected in silence
A call that looked perfect in the log and carried no sound, and the one missing line that caused it.
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Pidgin Talk goes to work
The first small offices are running on Pidgin Talk: about ten phones each, and no advanced features.
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