Re: Reading phone tones by computer

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1988 18:06

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In article <195@tcville.HAC.COM> ferris@tcville.HAC.COM () writes:
>    I am looking for a device that will interface a phone line to a computer
>that will allow the computer to read the tones a caller presses and be able
>to send a digitized or computer generated voice in response to what
>is pressed.

Digital Equipment Corp. sells a gadget called "DECTalk" that does precisely
this.  Unfortunately, it's not cheap, several thou I think.
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Sendmail is a bug,             |     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
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