Owl Call

Make phone calls over the internet using Twilio's communication services.

With Owl Call, all you need is internet access to make phone calls to people in your Google Contacts list or to anyone else in the world. On your phone, keep your personal phone calls separate from your business phone calls. Continue to use your carrier phone number for your personal calls, and use a Twilio phone number for your business phone calls. Or visa versa. Both phone numbers on the same phone, running on separate phone applications.

When you change phones, install Owl Call on the new phone, enter your access URL, and you're up and running once more. Your phone configurations are stored on the Twilio severs which are the Amazon Web Services cloud.

Owl Call communicates directly with the Twilio servers, there is no intermediate company. You signup for a Twilio account at https://twilio.com/console, select a phone number, set up configurations using the Twilio Console, and you're ready to make phone calls using your new phone number.

Is it free to use? The Owl Call application is free. Twilio has a free account option which has restrictions. For example, you can only make and receive calls with phone numbers you have pre-verified. For more information, search for "How does Twilio's Free Trial work?"

What are the costs for a paid version? At this time, there is only the free version of Owl Call. However, Twilio has an upgraded service for the sale of phone numbers and call usage. You'll need a credit card to create a $20 balance with them. For example, US, Canadian, and UK phone numbers cost $1/month (US dollars). It costs $ 0.013

per minute to make US phone calls. Pricing is usage based and may vary from country to country. Phone number restrictions may vary from country to country. So check the Twilio phone number information for details.

Twilio voice price list: https://twilio.com/voice/pricing.

To get started, install the Owl Call Android app, then get a Twilio account, select a phone number, and follow the online steps to configure your Twilio account to make phone calls. Your Google Contacts are available to you in Owl Call.

Twilio account configuration steps:

https://github.com/tigerfarm/owlvc/blob/master/README.md

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Owl Call is offered "as is", without warranty or guarantee.

It has limited features. Phone numbers are entered without dashes or spaces, example: for this number "1-650-123-1234", enter "+16501231234", which is a the format Google Contacts calls, normalized. The application is not configured to receive calls, and so, there is no notifications of an incoming call. Call logs are available through the Twilio Console. For now, use Google Contacts to manage your Owl Call contacts.

Disclaimer: Owl Call is not a Twilio company application, even though it was developed by a Twilio employee.