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From: PMW1@psuvm.psu.edu (Peter M. Weiss)
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I am cross-posting this from Usenet Comp.Society as it may interest
C.D.T'ers

Pete

In article <997@limbo.Intuitive.Com>, sblair@synoptics.COM (Steven C.
Blair) says:

There are currently 2 systems that I know of that can crossover
voicemail and email on the market. They are not sold as one, but
work together.

  1) All-In-One with a ROLM phone system: The voicemail sends a short
     mail message to the user <name>. Rudimentary, but functional.
  2) CE Software's Quickmail, and Farralon Voice Terminal: work together
     as one. You can voicemail someone, or have a copy of a voicemail
     appended to an email message.

The time is certainly ripe for some company to come up with something
and get the sucker shipping *now*. But having worked in the areas of
voice synthesis, and computer email strategies, the two are not as
simple as apple pie and ice cream to co-exist in a single system.


Steven C. Blair