>
> For several years we have used an interactive Voice Response System
(VRS)
> from Periphonics Corp. of Bohemia, NY to achieve this purpose. This
enables
> students to dial-in to our HP3000/928 and undertake their registrations
and
> receive their grades online. We have 24 ports on the 3K dedicated to
this
> application; communication from the VRS to the 3K is via VT100 terminal
> emulation. The interface with our Image database operates extremely
smoothly
> as - from the perspective of MPE - the incoming touchtone calls from
> students simply represent routine terminal sessions. Response times have
not
> posed any problem.
>

...as Eric said...

Prior to leaving my former employer, (we were)/(they are) looking at
Periphonics.  During my last week there, they were in and did a very
impressive demo of their systems and toolkits...

Look into them - they come highly recommended from several people on this
list.

Best Regards,
Joe Geiser
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