SABAHE@macalstr.edu (Arun Baheti <SABahe@Macalstr.EDU>) (11/07/90)
In V10 #794 (I am, believe it or not up-to-date on my reading for once) there is mention of a voice activated calling card system from Sprint. I recall a few years ago that there was a company (All-Net?) that allowed people not at touch-tone phones to "speak" their card numbers into a machine, one digit at a time, and then the destination number the same way. It then asked for verification with yes/no prompt. It worked quite well, and I don't remember any big complaints about overheard numbers, etc. Does anyone remember this as well, or have any more information? Arun_Baheti.ElSegundo@Xerox.COM Sabahe@Macalstr.EDU
slr@tybalt.caltech.edu (Steve Rhoades) (11/10/90)
In article <14493@accuvax.nwu.edu> SABAHE@macalstr.edu (Arun Baheti <SABahe@Macalstr.EDU>) writes: >Sprint. I recall a few years ago that there was a company (All-Net?) >that allowed people not at touch-tone phones to "speak" their card >numbers into a machine, one digit at a time, and then the destination >number the same way. It then asked for verification with yes/no I remember a couple of companies about ten years ago that had this system. One in particular, I think it was called Travelnet, comes to mind. It was sort of a favorite phreaker thing to play with, especially from coin phones. Most of the coin phones in Los Angeles were rotary at that time. The major difference in these old systems and the new Sprint service is Sprint uses voice-PATTERN recognition along with regular voice recognition. i.e. In the old systems, it didn't care who you were, just as long as you uttered something resembling digits. With Sprint's service, the uttered digits are supposed to match ones you've previously recorded. I am curious how their system would work from a noisy location, like outside an airport. It seems that the additional outside noise might cause errors in the system. Internet: slr@tybalt.caltech.edu | Voice-mail: (818) 794-6004 UUCP: ...elroy!tybalt!slr | USmail: Box 1000, Mt. Wilson, Ca. 91023