Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!hybrid!scifi!bywater!uunet!cimshop!davidm From: cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: searching on voice files Keywords: voice Message-ID: Date: 4 Feb 91 02:05:16 GMT References: <6213@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> Sender: davidm@cimshop.UUCP Distribution: comp Organization: Consilium Inc., Mountain View, California Lines: 24 In-reply-to: lj@spdcc.COM's message of 26 Jan 91 20:15:02 GMT >>>>> On 26 Jan 91 20:15:02 GMT, lj@spdcc.COM (Len Jacobs) said: Len> Is there a known commercial product that allows someone to search on an Len> ascii datafile and respond with an electronic voice? Thus, you dial your Len> local bank, enter your account code, and hear the bank's computer respond Len> with recent transactions and current balance. The Amiga has always had the capability to speak words that are typed in (I've never tried, but it might handle European as well as American languages). This capability has been directly integrated into Superbase for the Amiga and is accessible to most Amiga programs through Arexx (a macro language and program communications medium). I understand that the NeXT system has voice capabilities from its built-in DSP, but I don't know if this has been taken advantage of. PC-DOS systems would require a some sort of sound board for voice capability (which may exist, but I haven't seen). -- ==================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. (415) 691-6311 640 Clyde Ct. uunet!cimshop!davidm Mtn. View, CA 94043 ==================================================================== "If someone thinks they know what I said, then I didn't say it!"