Direct Reminder will remind you over the telephone at a specified date and time. It will announce your reminder at your computer in natural voice and balloon text message and later over the telephone/cellphone if the reminder is not acknowledged according to your specifications. It gives you powerfull options over the telephone for you to manage your reminders remotely once you receive them. It features a proprietary technology that lets you quickly reschedule the reminder call by dialing a button on your mobile phone or telephone device. It also will automatically redial a reminder call in five minutes when the last call attempt was unsuccessful due to telephone line outage or busy signal. Direct Reminder gives you the power to acknowledge or reschedule your reminders right from the convenience of your mobile phone or traditional telephone with a wide and simple variety of options. Direct Reminder announces your reminders at your computer too, no voice recordings needed. Direct Reminder uses the latest Text-To-Speech technologies to allow you to type in your reminders to be spoken to you by the computer as well as being provided to you in a non-invasive balloon text message on your taskbar. Its CalendarView Mode feature allows you to easily schedule, create and rearrange reminder events while its TypeList feature lets you categorize and personalize reminders as you prefer. Direct Reminder also packs the feature of announcing the time with natural human voice (natural human voice only with the "Voice Edition") to help you keep track of time in many ways including: announcement every 5, 10, 15, 30, or 60 minutes or by hour intervals at every 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes of the hour. Finally, Direct Reminder features reminder rehearsal to let you play your reminders at the computer or on the phone before the due date.