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Re: Southern Drawls Confuse La. Phone System

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From: Rich Greenberg
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 16:44
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In article <675af162.0311180728.163acc3f@posting.google.com>,
Laszlo <laszlo@paragoncomputing.com> wrote:
>uu@nope.net (uu) wrote in message news:<3fb82a4a.9260565@news.io.com>...
>> November 16, 2003
>> Southern Drawls Confuse La. Phone System
>> By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
>>  
>> 
>> SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) -- Southern drawls have thwarted voice
>> recognition equipment used by the Shreveport Police Department to
>> route non-emergency calls.

[...]

>Does anyone know who the vendor was for the Shreveport system?

Probably the low bidder.

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Subject: Re: Southern Drawls Confuse La. Phone System
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