MAS.632 Conversational Computer Systems - MIT OpenCourseWare

128 VOICE COMMUNICATION WITH COMPUTERS
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To: Chris Schmandt
Subject: possible bug in fax.c
In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 15 Sept 91 12:43:41 -0400.
Date: Tue, 22 Sept 91 12:53:13 PDT
From: dcj@Sun.COM
Status: RO
I received your sound attachment email just fine.
This is a nice addition to Phoneshell!
Figure 6.11. An electronic mail message including its full header.
keystroke to the mail reader ("R" for "Reply") initiates a reply with the return
address generated automatically. Since the Email medium is asynchronous, the
sender need not worry whether the recipient is awake to receive the message in
whatever time zone the destination lies.
It was important for Voiced Mail to support a reply mechanism as well, so three
of the twelve telephone keys were devoted to reply commands. One key would
generate a message of the form "I read your message about ... My answer is yes"
and another generated a similar negative reply. A third key prompted the user
for a phone number and sent a "please call me at. .. " message. Unfortunately,
replies are rarely so unconditional as a simple yes or no. Also, when traveling
one's location and hence phone number are often transient, so the reply mechanism
was enhanced to include the ability to record a voice message. The party
who sent the original message would receive a computer-generated text mail
message containing instructions on how to access the reply, which would involve
calling the Voiced Mail telephone number and entering a special code at the login
prompt. Upon hearing the message, the caller could then leave another voice
recording in reply