ccastgw@pyr.gatech.EDU (GREG WILLIAMS) (11/23/88)
Some friends and I are working on a project for a design class. We have to design a system that will allow people to rent video tapes over the phone by calling a computer and requesting the movie they want by entering a code from the phone. Here's the information I need. If anyone knows anything about this, I would appreciate whatever you can tell me about it. 1) Some sort of interface that will answer the telephone, allow a voice message to be sent from an answering machine or tape recorder. It also needs to be able to take input from a touch tone phone (if it can do it for a rotary too, that would be nice, but it's not necessary). 2) I also need some sort of database software that is highly flexible and is programmable. I know DBase III has these qualities, but I need to know if it is possible write a program that can take input from the phone interface and insert it into a preprogrammed form. 3) If there is not any database software that can read from the phone interface, then is there any other software that can read input and send it to the database? I would also like to know a price range for all of the above, if you know it. We are designing the system around an AT-class machine. Please send responses to ccastgw@pyr.gatech.edu. Thanks in advance. -- ccastgw@pyr.gatech.edu GREG WILLIAMS "Barbaric Penguin" Disclaimer: The usual stuff.
cdold@starfish.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold) (11/24/88)
From article <6841@pyr.gatech.EDU>, by ccastgw@pyr.gatech.EDU (GREG WILLIAMS): > 1) Some sort of interface that will answer the telephone, allow a voice > message to be sent from an answering machine or tape recorder. It also > needs to be able to take input from a touch tone phone (if it can do it > for a rotary too, that would be nice, but it's not necessary). Dial 1 (800) 6 WATSON for a demo. 1-800-692-8766, if you don't have letters on your telephone. disclaimer: I think it's cute. Never seen or used one except the demo. -- Clarence A Dold - cdold@starfish.Convergent.COM (408) 434-2083 ...pyramid!ctnews!professo!dold MailStop 18-011 P.O.Box 6685, San Jose, CA 95150-6685