A voice-activated, voice-response PC system, the InterActive Communicator lets you talk to your computer and receive an answer. You can tell it to open a program, pull up a file, or fax or send a document to someone via E-mail; it can also answer the phone and place outgoing calls. It does all this without your having to deal with the keyboard or a mouse. If the phone line is busy, the InterActive Communicator asks if you would like to call back; your response can include the length of time the unit should allow to elapse before redialing.
The InterActive Communicator system includes a 33-MHz 486 processor, 4 MB of RAM, and a 200-MB hard drive. The voice-recognition software runs under Windows and DOS. Available options include a hand scanner, a video-capture board, an Ethernet card, and a CD-ROM drive. The base system is $2995.
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ct: InterActive, Humboldt, SD, (800) 266-4333 or (605) 363-5117.
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