dave@dlb.uucp (Dave Buck) (01/19/90)
I'm interested in using a PC environment as the basis of a medium-scale data acquisition and control experiment. I assume I can get much of the following types of boards to plug into a PC bus, and can get enough specs in order to write the necessary software. I'm seeking advice/pointers from people who've had experience in similar areas. . voice recognition, for a limited vocabulary and very limited number of speakers . the necessary equipment to handle something similar to "voice mail" or "phone mail" capabilities: - DMTF (touch-tones) recognition - speech synthesis - ability to record and playback speech in limited quantities - ability to answer one or two phone lines for the above purposes . A/D input, for on the order of 32 devices . Digital output for a relay bank, on the order of 16 relays . BSR or X-10 controller Assuming these boards, if I want to stick them all on one system, eat a lot of slots and power supply juice, what's the best approach? Is there a bus extender? Big bus? Heavy-duty power supply? Is this even the best approach? Seems another alternative is to do it all in a Multibus environment, but this is a low-budget experiment, and I would guess that the PC market, being more oriented toward consumers than the Multibus market, would have lower prices. I'd like to request that you reply via e-mail, since there may be many answers and this type of question does not appear to be typical of this group. Thanks in advance! -- Dave Buck {amdahl,sun,megatest,plx,ardent,ubvax}!dlb!dave