I think I understand your friend. I have a century+ old house and want a candlestick phone in my foyer for the effect. Asterisk is super fun. I've been looking

I think I understand your friend. I have a century+ old house and want a candlestick phone in my foyer for the effect. Asterisk is super fun. I've been looking into what it would take to candlestick (NLP->) <-> Asterisk <-> some cell phone as my "home" number. The hard part for me is that the candlestick needs to "talk to an operator." [Edit: no dialing]