Anyone with a talking unit want to post a sample of what it sounds like
Well there are two flavors of this caller ID announce feature I've seen. There is something like
this phone which uses text-to-speech to "sound out" the name (maybe and/or the number?) of the caller. I don't like that because names are difficult for text-to-speech programs to get right.
The other, and I think more simple implementation, is to just have a recorded sound sample that plays for certain callers you care about. Then anyone else gets their *number* announced. I like that one. I've seen a phone that worked that way but it's probably discontinued now. There's a Siemens 2.4 GHz model (4210 maybe? can't remmeber) which has something along the lines of what I'm looking for, and that might be my best bet right now unless I can find a better, cheaper alternative.