Active Voice announces universal access to e-mail with E-Mail Integration package.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 1995--Active Voice Corp. (Nasdaq:ACVC ACVC Ada Compiler Validation Capability ACVC Atlantic Coast Veterinary Conference ACVC Arms Control Verification Committee ACVC Army Commercial Vehicle Code ACVC Air-Cooled Vault Concept ), a world leader in PC-based voice processing The computerized handling of voice, which includes voice store and forward, voice response, voice recognition and text to speech technologies. systems and computer-telephone integration today announced E-Mail Integration, the new unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. component for TeLANophy, the company's network package for the popular Repartee rep·ar·tee n. 1. A swift, witty reply. 2. Conversation marked by the exchange of witty retorts. See Synonyms at wit1. Voice Processing System. The E-Mail Integration package gives users more control than ever before to manage their communications from anywhere in the world at any time, providing complete 24-hour access to e-mail messages by telephone and fax. E-Mail Integration includes two modules: E-Mail Notify/Delivery for e-mail message notification, and E-Mail Reader See e-mail program. for listening and replying to e-mail messages by telephone. The E-Mail Notify/Delivery module includes e-mail messages along with voice and fax messages when users check their universal mailbox. Repartee provides information about e-mail messages -- including sender names and attachments -- so users can quickly prioritize them and respond accordingly. E-Mail Notify/Delivery can send e-mail to a remote fax machine when users are out of the office, enabling them to review long documents at their convenience. E-Mail Reader converts e-mail text into the spoken word using text-to-speech capability, reading e-mail headers and body text, and providing the option to play attached audio files or read text attachments on the telephone. The module also enables Repartee users to respond to e-mail messages via telephone. Responses to other Repartee users are delivered as subscriber-to-subscriber voice mail messages. If the original sender isn't a Repartee user, the response is converted to a WAV file The native digital audio format in Windows. Using the .WAV file extension, 8- or 16-bit samples can be taken at rates of 11,025 Hz, 22,050 Hz and 44,100 Hz. The highest quality (16-bit at 44,100 Hz) is the sampling rate of an audio CD and uses 88KB of storage per second. and embedded in an e-mail reply. The original sender can then play the WAV file on any standard platform PC with a multimedia sound device. "E-Mail Integration is a significant step in our quest to make communication simpler," said Douglass S. Anderson, vice president of sales and marketing. "We are giving users the power to control communications In telecommunication, control communications is the branch of technology devoted to the design, development, and application of communications facilities used specifically for control purposes, such as for controlling (a) industrial processes, (b) movement of resources, (c) through a single tool no matter where they are in the world." TeLANophy is completely Windows 95 compatible, and every Repartee voice processing system includes full TeLANophy features -- integrated messaging and incoming call handling on screen -- for one user. Active Voice is a leading provider of PC-based voice processing systems, with offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , the United Kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands, China and Australia. Based in Seattle, its products are sold throughout the world by independent dealers in the telecommunications industry. -0- Microsoft Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. TeLANophy, Repartee, Replay Plus are registered trademarks and ViewCall and E-Mail Reader are trademarks of Active Voice Corp. CONTACT: Active Voice, Seattle Diane M. Williams, 206/441-4700, ext. 132 dwilliams@avoice.com |
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