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From: mcjilton@handel.CS.ColoState.Edu (charles mar mcjilton)
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Subject: Re: Speech Synthesis over a modem
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Date: 12 Jun 90 05:01:03 GMT
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In article <S''$^W#@rpi.edu> peck@ral.rpi.edu (Joseph Peck) writes:
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>     Answer an incoming VOICE call on a modem, then utilizing the 
>speech synthesizer give the caller a brief introduction, and then ask a

Not with a modem.  There is a board out there for the IBM world that can
accomplish such a task.  They're called "Power Line II" and "Big Mouth",
by Talking Technology Inc..  I'm working on a project right now where we will
be making an answering machine type software (much more complex, though)
using this board.  The boards cose about $550 and $300 respectively.

There is no way to do this with a modem.  The modem won't do DTMF recognition,
and there is no way to get the sound from the synthesiser to the phone, without
some hardware hacking.

<Using a friends account>
Sean