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From: jimb@silvlis.com (Jim Budler)
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Subject: Re: New Whizz-Bang Phone!
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Date: 15 Sep 90 06:03:26 GMT
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In article <12108@accuvax.nwu.edu> phil@wubios.wustl.edu (J. Philip
Miller) writes:

>I just received a flyer (from Mobil) advertsing a phone with features
>that I have not seen before.  Besides being a regular answering
>machine with speed dialing, it has a voice pattern match dialing - you
>speak a name (one of 50 prerecorded) and it then displays the number

[ deleted other "features" ]

>[There is no manufacturer identified, the text calls the phone
>"Voiceprint", the illustration shows the name "Voicephone".]

The *very* first thought I had was "will it work for both my wife and
I?". I can see those 50 reduced to 25 by double recordings.  Actually
some mix, she calls different people than I do, but also some of the
same people I do.

My second thought, given I'm sitting in a room with a phone and a
playing stereo and a hard disk drive, was how does it handle ambiant
voices/noise.

*I* don't believe the technology is here yet. I wouldn't mind
you proving me wrong.


Jim Budler          jimb@silvlis.com       +1.408.991.6061
Silvar-Lisco, Inc. 703 E. Evelyn Ave. Sunnyvale, Ca. 94086
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