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From: mhorne@ka7axd.WV.TEK.COM (Michael T. Horne)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: HELP!  Voice Mail Format?
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Date: 7 Jun 89 16:03:50 GMT
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I have several questions about Voice Mail and other related topics:

1)  Does the NeXT system have a native file format for audio streams?  I know
very little about the audio sampling capabilities in the NeXT (hence these
questions:), so assuming one can easily sample a stream of audio from the mic
and save it in a file, what format do they save it in?  Is any compression done
on the data, or is it just straight binary?

2)  Is there a Voice Mail interface on NeXT, or do you have to uuencode an
audio stream, then mail it to its destination?  If so, do they have a specific
Voice Mail file format?

3)  Are there any other systems that support Voice Mail?  I'm trying to find out
if there are any standards for Voice Mail files, and whether or not NeXT uses
one.

Please E-mail to me if possible, as I can't always read this group.

Thanks!
Mike

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