This is an incredibly simple idea – but incredibly useful: a desktop application (written in applescript) where you copy/paste the number you wish to dial, it connects to your local asterisk server via its management interface, and dials the number on your phone.

You’ll need a mac (obviously), a desktop phone (even more obviously), and an asterisk server (most obviously), preferably on your lan, which you can configure to allow network access to the AMI (Asterisk Manager Interface).
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