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From: robin@sabre.uucp (Robin D. Wilson/1000000)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Answering Machine
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Date: 12 Jan 90 14:56:44 GMT
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In article <9001112057.AA09595@nomad> antunes@ASTRO.PSU.EDU (Sandy Antunes) writes:
>Hello!  I am planning to try and implement an idea, and I thought I would
>check the net to see if anyone has done it or thought about it yet.
>
>The Idea:  write a program that monitors the modem and answers incoming
>   calls.  It then procedes to use the speech capability to answer the
>   call with a message (from an easily changed script file), then hangs
>   up (I doubt it could record messages! :-)


It would probably be hardest to get the modem to talk in any language other
than carrier tone.  (That's the high pitched squeal you hear when you pick 
the line that the modem is using.

BTW,  Commodore announced just such a product (It had a built in modem, but it
also had voice answer capability as well), that was supposed to allow you to 
record voice mail on you Amiga's system resources.  They later scrapped it.
I never heard why, but I would have bought one.  If you are able to come up 
with the hardware hack you need to get your's working, let me know, I'll 
consider buying one (heck, if it's good enough, I would even consider investing
in a company to manufacture one.)


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