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To: A. Edwards who wrote (4116)	6/16/1999 2:41:00 AM
From: Jeff	Respond to of 6846

a non-USW post...remember www.qwesttalk.com site found a while back? Think it's related to this, sounds slick- article from the SJ Mercury: sjmercury.com Free Web service manages e-mail through voice SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) -- You don't need a computer for e-mail these days. A new free Web service allows people to access their e-mail from any telephone using a toll-free number. The www.myTalk.com service, launched Tuesday by General Magic, Inc., is the latest of its kind to join competitors using voice recognition technology so that people can talk to the service to tell it what to do. For example, a member can say ''Read it,'' ''Get rid of it,'' or ''I'd like to reply'' to handle common tasks. Saying ''Next'' will immediately take the user to the next e-mail message. Funded by advertising sponsorship, managers of the system said they hope to target some of the more than 90 million U.S. consumers who use e-mail these days. Allan Hess, an Internet marketing consultant, tested the system earlier this month. ''It's so conversational that you almost forget you're talking to a computer. When I said 'Thank you,' it said 'You're welcome.' When I asked it to replay an e-mail message, it said 'Sure,' '' he said. Here's how it works: New members sign up at the myTalk Web site, where they choose a username and password. Then they are given a toll-free phone number and a personal extension for added security. When members are away from their computers, they use the toll-free number to check e-mail. To reply to an e-mail, the myTalk service records the user's words exactly as they are said. This voice message is then sent to the recipient's e-mail inbox as a ''voice file.'' The recipient sees a message that he or she has a voice file from the member, which can be listened to by simply clicking on the file. ... ( see link for the rest )