Database provision by telephone and FAX

Prodding tardy reviewers: a randomized comparison of telephone, fax, and e-mail.

CONTEXT To compare telephone, fax, and e-mail methods of prodding tardy reviewers. METHODS Randomized trial conducted January 1998 through June 1999 at the main editorial office of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Reviewers who had failed to file reviews by 28 days after being sent manuscripts (7 days after deadline) were sent identical messages in oral (telephone) or written (fax and e-mail) form in...

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Gandalf - a Swedish telephone speaker verification database

The Gandalf speech database has been designed for use in research on automatic speaker verification. 86 customer speakers have been recorded in up to 24 telephone calls per speaker during a period of up to 12 months, and an additional 100 impostor speakers are currently being recorded. In addition to speech files, Gandalf includes a relational database with a twofold function: it stores informa...

Integrated Telephone/Fax/Paging/Email Services over ATM/MAN-based Personal Communication Networks

An ATM/MAN-based personal communication network (PCN) architecture is presented which combines the broadcast and distributed advantages of metropolitan area networks (MANs) for handling local traffic, and the high speed switching capability of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) for wide area connectivity. A dynamic bandwidth allocation scheme is employed to integrate different types of traffic ov...

Intelligent Fax Management System

Fax machines have become a ubiquitous equipment in today’s office environment due to its ability to send information around with speed and convenience. Increasingly many personal computers nowadays are able to play the role of a fax machine by adding in a fax card and the relevant software. This paper proposes a Fax Management System employing character recognition technique to enhance the basi...