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From: jimx@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Looking for a high-quality digital voice synthesiser
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Date: Thu, 1-Oct-87 10:51:18 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  1 10:51:18 1987
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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Summary: Watson, made by Natural Microsystems
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In article <4325@ozdaltx.UUCP>, root@ozdaltx.UUCP (root) writes:
> 
> There was/is a product called WATSON that works with DOS
> machines. I seem to recall reading that the company was
> interested in adapting the box to work under *NIX. Don't
> have addresses, sorry. Check out your local computer stores,
> they can probably get one for you. I have heard this unit,
> and it is amazing. It can also pass/forward voice E-mail.
> 
> 
> -- 
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> | Scotty                     |  Adapt - Enjoy - Survive    |
> | ihnp4!killer!ozdaltx!sysop |  "Ad Venerem Securiorem"    |
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The WATSON board is made by Natural Microsystems, 6 Mercer Rd.,
Natick, MA  01760, ph. 617-655-0700.  We have been using this
product with 6300s and have been relatively happy with it.
There is a development package (called their VAR software),
so you can use the recording/playback functions beyond the
telephone answering mode that the WATSON was designed around.
They digitize an analog input, compressing it with a pro-
prietary algorithm.  Output is through either an analog
telephone or through a speaker (the board has a jack on it,
the small variety).  Their technical support is OK, but they
are often very hard to get hold of.

			J. Harris
			ihlpa!jimx

[The opinions expressed are strictly my own.]