VOICE POWER boards -- What are their limitations?

[jimmy at PIC.UCLA.EDU]

In article <402 at icus.UUCP> lenny at icus.UUCP (Lenny Tropiano) writes:
>I'm interested in the capabilities of the VOICE POWER boards.  Firstly,
> [...]
>quote as high as $1300 and as low as $800.  Is anyone selling one used?
>
>What can it do?  Does it come with the software so you can program it
>yourself?  What kind of programming libraries does it come with and 

I too was very interested in the Voice Power board.  The ability to send
e-mail and attach voice piqued my curiosity.

The lowest price I found was $708 from Hamilton-Avnet.  But that's just
for the board.  Any programming has to be done in C.  If you want a
user-friendly programming interface, you must buy the Voice Power
Design Tools for a mere $731.  The answering machine software for $325
sounds pretty lame.  I also am not impressed with the sound quality of
the Voice Power Board.

In summation, it would be kinda' fun, but I couldn't justify spending
$1450 for a home answering machine that would only answer one line.
For $900 I can buy a four-line card from Dialogic (if I had a MS-DOS or
Xenix machine to plug it in to).  If anyone wants to sell me one cheap,
please feel free.

Jim Gottlieb  <jimmy at PIC.UCLA.EDU>  or  <jimmy at denwa.UUCP>