11 Mar
2003
11 Mar
'03
9:50 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-admin@classiccmp.org]On
Behalf Of Adrian Vickers
Sent: 10 March 2003 00:59
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: ICL OPD/Merlin Tonto
It does have a really nasty voice synthesizer built into it,
though, so it
will take a call unattended, and play the pre-recorded messages. It lacks
the ability to say things like "Good morning" though... I think it's also
limited to a single auto-answer setting, which can be set to
automatically
come on between certain times, and (possibly) overridden. I've yet to
experiment with that side of it.
I'm sure it can respond to different numbers with different messages though,
also it *can* say good morning, as well as things like 'I'm away getting
head with my secretary on holiday' :) There was a competition on radio not
so long back (Chris Moyles or Scrawn&Lard on Radio1 IIRC) where people
actually recorded their OPDs saying rude things, so I just *had* to have a
go myself....hehe.....
Ah - from my own webpage (duh):
"1.5 SPEECH SYNTHESISER
This consists of a Texas TMP5220C IC with a vocabulary in a separate, custom
ROM
of 152 words, plus letters and numbers. Facilities include limited
text-to-voice
conversion from keyboard entry and playback-to-test. Up to 16 messages can
be
pre-assembled and 2 used, automatically, by time-of-day selection, for
auto-answer of incoming voice calls. Incoming voice messages cannot be
recorded "
cheers
--
adrian/witchy
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