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From: jimmy@PIC.UCLA.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: VOICE POWER boards -- What are their limitations?
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Date: 25 Jun 88 09:11:35 GMT
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Reply-To: jimmy@PIC.UCLA.EDU (Jim Gottlieb)
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In article <402@icus.UUCP> lenny@icus.UUCP (Lenny Tropiano) writes:
>I'm interested in the capabilities of the VOICE POWER boards.  Firstly,
> [...]
>quote as high as $1300 and as low as $800.  Is anyone selling one used?
>
>What can it do?  Does it come with the software so you can program it
>yourself?  What kind of programming libraries does it come with and 

I too was very interested in the Voice Power board.  The ability to send
e-mail and attach voice piqued my curiosity.

The lowest price I found was $708 from Hamilton-Avnet.  But that's just
for the board.  Any programming has to be done in C.  If you want a
user-friendly programming interface, you must buy the Voice Power
Design Tools for a mere $731.  The answering machine software for $325
sounds pretty lame.  I also am not impressed with the sound quality of
the Voice Power Board.

In summation, it would be kinda' fun, but I couldn't justify spending
$1450 for a home answering machine that would only answer one line.
For $900 I can buy a four-line card from Dialogic (if I had a MS-DOS or
Xenix machine to plug it in to).  If anyone wants to sell me one cheap,
please feel free.

Jim Gottlieb    or