What does DB-Text do?
How do I select recipients?
How
do I create a message?
How
do I send a message?
Can
I receive and store messages?
Can
I print details of messages sent and received?
Can
I use records from my own database?
I
want to select records using another application and use
DB-Text as
a message
centre
How
long does the system store messages for?
Does
DB-Text check the validity of mobile numbers?
Can I see some screenshot examples
of DB-Text in action?
How does it work technically?
What does it cost?
Can I try it out before buying?
What does DB-Text do?
Sending a message to a group of people is
an easy process with DB-Text. There are three stages: selecting
recipients, creating a message and sending the message.
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How do I select recipients?
DB-Text has a simple but powerful selection system that
allows you to select people in your database with similar
characteristics. You might enter for example
INCLUDE Age IS BETWEEN 20 AND 35
AND Sex IS FEMALE
All people that satisfy those criteria are displayed in
front of you. You may reduce the selection by stating a
number of records to be chosen at random
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How do I create a message?
Create a message just by typing in the text on to the screen
(it's much faster than on a mobile!) Messages can be saved
and built up into a reusable library.
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How do I send a message?
This is done with just a couple of mouse-clicks. As messages
are sent you can watch progress.
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Can I receive and store messages?
DB-Text scans the black-box every so often for messages
sent back. They are stored in an Inbox to be read whenever
you want and also in individual Call-Logs.
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Can I print details of messages
sent and received?
There is a set of reports that allows you to retrieve and
print details of messages sent and received. There is also
a 'Message Responses' report that analyses replies to a
specific message.
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Can I use records from my own
database?
No problem: DB-Text can attach itself to an external database
and use data in exactly the same way as described.
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I want to select records
using another application and use DB-Text as a message centre
You can do this by generating a simple file that is read
into DB-Text and then processed normally
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How long does the system store
messages for?
As long as you want. Housekeeping (message removal) takes
place automatically according to parameters supplied by
you. However, messages are never entirely deleted but, instead,
archived away and may be retrieved at any time.
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Does DB-Text check the validity
of mobile numbers?
Yes, it will not try to send to an invalid number. Even
more than that, it can check for duplicate numbers and ensure
that the message is only sent to each number once, thus
saving money on message transmission and not annoying the
recipient.
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Can I see some screenshot examples
of DB-Text in action?
Please download our 'Quick Start Guide'. This will give
you a clear idea of how the application works and what it
looks like.
Download Quickstart Guide now
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How does DB-Text work technically?
Unlike other Texting applications, there is no necessity
to use the Internet if you do not wish to do so, especially
if you are nervous about releasing commercially-sensitive
data to a third party. We use our own proprietary communications
unit or black-box that sends and receives messages directly
to and from mobile phones. The black-box simply attaches
to a standard PC serial port and, once activated, sits in
the background until required.
For sending greater volumes of text, we shall shortly release
a new version that uses the Internet. It will be possible
to receive replies in the normal way via the black-box.
As part of the new release, it will also be possible to
send messages via a Siemens GSM modem.
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Can I have a Trial Version?
You can try out DB-Text for 30 days by downloading from
this site. This is a fully-functioning version that does
everything except actually transmit and receive messages.
In our new release, we plan to provide message transmission
facilities during trial. If you want to test the product
out using the full facilities with the communications unit
or black-box, or require a trial version on CS, please contact
our sales team.
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