Drew, Replying to an e-mail with Portico is simple. In fact, with no typing involved, it could be simpler. Have you ever gotten a .wav file in your e-mail? It's just a recording. Click on it and listen. Very friendly.
Portico does not do Speech to Text. This is very processor intensive. They choose the simply route.
I can only say for myself, I can access my e-mail from any computer. I often live in Australia, but never change my contact e-mail. So, people send me messages and they sit on a ISP in California. I read them from Australia and reply using the same California address. The person who receives my mail never needs to know I'm in Australia. Everytime I go to Australia, I get a new e-mail account. Both ISP's are protected by firewalls.
I could also read my mail from a friends computer, libraries, etc. The main thing is that if I know my POP account protocols and password, I can read my mail from any computer. These things can be entered into Portico at the set up and never have to be said again. I can see it would be a real time saver as normally you need to re-enter this stuff everytime you use a different computer. Think about the time saved if you have 3 or 4 e-mail accounts.
While I don't fully understand the added complication of firewalls, I do know that road warriors are reading mail remotely everyday. Portico should simply work like any other remote access. If I miss something please let me know.
Regards,
Mark
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