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From: zchris@eskimo.com (Christopher Nielsen)
Subject: Re: What's an INFOBOT?
Message-ID: <Cqzx01.Itw@eskimo.com>
Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever
References: <1994Jun6.115851.27782@bnr.ca>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 1994 21:57:30 GMT
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In <1994Jun6.115851.27782@bnr.ca> sandness@bcarh2b.bnr.ca (Glen Sandness) writes:

>A friend of mine has an old cardboard carton of unknown origin, about 2 by
>3 by 1.5 feet.  The printing on the sides of the carton claims that it
>contains an "INFOBOT" from a company called Syntellect.
>
>Has anyone out there ever heard of this thing?  The original contents of the
>carton is long gone, but I'm curious as to exactly what it was.  Any clues? 

Yes, it's a voice response system. It doesn't do voice mail, but does do
touch tone response. A company I work for almost bought one. I think banks
buy them a lot.


-- 
Christopher Nielsen       zchris@eskimo.com
Zorin
