Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: richw@sauron.columbia.ncr.com (richw) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Automated Telephone Calls Message-ID: Date: 27 Apr 89 17:15:55 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Rich Wescott Organization: Tower Multiprocessor Systems, E&M-Columbia, NCR, W Columbia, SC Lines: 30 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 151, message 3 of 6 In article menges@menges.cs.unc.edu (John Menges) writes: > X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 143, message 4 of 7 > I am looking for a box to do the following -- [Moderator's Note: Description was repeated; is edited out here; see prior message. PT] When I worked at UNISYS(SPERRY) a few years back they had a system called VIPS which may provide the functionality you are looking for. We developed an application which ran on a UNIX box to interface via a tty port to this VIPS box. The UNIX box acted as a server and a dialogue manager between the VIPS system and an IBM host. The VIPS system is a pc based system which digitizes your recorded message and stores the message by number. It allows for answering the phone, speaking the messages, decoding the DTMF tones, phone transfer. The VIPS system has an RS232 serial connection and a Sperry Terminal interface. There are other systems out there you could try AT&T, ROLM. If I can be of more help please use email. -- -Rich Wescott ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM