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From: lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Need touchtone and voice for PC.
Message-ID: <662@icus.islp.ny.us>
Date: 8 Apr 89 03:58:40 GMT
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Reply-To: lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano)
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In article <10008@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> ddurbin@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Daniel A. Durbin) writes:
|>In article <653@soleil.UUCP> gopstein@soleil.UUCP (Rich Gopstein) writes:
|>>
|>>I need a device or combination of devices controlled by a PC which
|>>could be used to answer a phone, interpret touchtone keys, and respond
|>>vocally.  I have heard about DECTALK, but I would prefer to use 
|>>recorded messages instead of synthesized -- although I would consider using
|>>a synthesized voice if a recorded voice was impractical.
|>>
|>>Rich Gopstein
|>
|>	I have designed and built a prototype of a plug-in-card for the
|>	IBM PC which does exactly what you have described.  I will be
|>	mass producing these cards this summer and hope to have them
|>	ready for sale by the end of June.  I expect to retail them for
|>	less than $125.
...
Call 1-800-WATSON for a demonstration of a voice messaging/touch tone
response card for the PC's ... They will be happy to send you literature.
I have not dealt with this company, since I don't have an IBM compatible.
I do have a VOICE card for the AT&T UNIX pc, but it's of a proprietary
nature, and only works on this machine.  

I believe the WATSON card which can handle many incoming lines at once
also has a 2400 baud modem which can be used for dialing out too.
It retails for about $199.00

-Lenny
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