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From: apple!well.sf.ca.us!well!nagle@uunet.uu.net (John Nagle)
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Subject: A New Feature One Might Build Into a Phone
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     Now here's a thought.  We all know the announcments which begin
with a special three-tone sequence followed by "The number you have
reached...".  How about a voice recognition unit to recognize the new
number and update your autodialer?  The spoken digits are well
separated, the background noise is low, and the digits are clearly
enunciated, so a relatively simple system should suffice.  This would
be a neat addition to one of those "turn your computer into an
answering machine" programs.

     It would be really easy if the spoken digits were standardized
nationally, but they are not.  Even the rate varies with location.


John Nagle