Venstar® announces the availability of ComfortCall, an accessory that allows users to remotely adjust their Venstar Slimline residential thermostats from any telephone using voice recognition and voice synthesis.

ComfortCall has a small, attractive attachment that plugs into the bottom of any Venstar Slimline thermostat, which allows users to call and literally talk to their thermostats.  A small wireless base station connects directly to the telephone line or answering machine. ComfortCall will tell the caller what the inside and outside temperatures are, the status of the thermostat (if the heating or cooling is currently on or off), and will allow the user to adjust the thermostat to its pre-set comfort settings or energy saving settings or turn the system off. This is all done via voice or keypad entry from any telephone. Expert mode makes making changes very fast and easy for the user.

ComfortCall is also compatible with X10, which allows the accessory to also turn on and off the lights that are configured into the system so that when the user turns the thermostat to comfort settings, it will also automatically turn on the designated lights. When the user turns the thermostat to energy saving settings, it will turn off the designated lights.  Built-in security codes ensure that only authorized users may access the system.

For more information: 

www.venstar.com/Thermostats/