Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!texbell!attctc!vector!telecom-gateway From: langz@asylum.SF.CA.US (Lang Zerner) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: The Hottest Answering Machine Message-ID: Date: 9 Nov 89 09:47:59 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: langz@asylum.UUCP (Lang Zerner) Organization: The Great Escape, Inc Lines: 32 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 501, message 7 of 9 In article John Tsang writes: >[The only "drawbacks" to certain Panasonic answering machines] >are the outgoing message seemingly is too short of 1/2 min., which may >not be enough for business operation announcement of operation hours >and introduction, and, the annoying beep during 2-Side-Conversation- >Recording. On most machines using two cassettes (not digital recorders) the outgoing message goes on a loop tape. While the manufacturer usually supplies a 30 second loop, you can buy longer and shorter ones at your local Radio Shack. As for the beep while recording a conversation, well, it may be annoying, but in the United States it is the law. Be seeing you... Lang Zerner langz@asylum.sf.ca.us UUCP:bionet!asylum!langz ARPA:langz@athena.mit.edu "...and every morning we had to go and LICK the road clean with our TONGUES!" [Moderator's Note: I believe the law does not require the beep every few seconds. It merely requires that both parties be *aware* of the taping and consent to it. Therefore, if in the first few seconds of the recording I say to you, "I am recording all this, is that okay with you?" and you respond it is okay AND I have this consent itself recorded at the start of the conversation, then the law has been obeyed. The beeping every few seconds is of course one way to insure the other person in theory knows about and has consented to be taped. PT]