Patent ID: 6671352
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
An automatic voice announcement apparatus for sending an automatic voice announcement message to a subscriber connected to an exchange from the beginning of the message, said apparatus comprising:a message receiving memory for receiving voice message recording and playback control signals from a high-level processor; a digital signal processor for receiving said voice message recording and playback control signals from said message receiving memory, and for generating control signals for recording and playing back the voice announcement message in response to said voice message recording and playback control signals; a voice memory containing a plurality of cards each having at least one assigned channel, the voice announcement message being stored in a memory area corresponding to a specific channel selected among said plurality of channels; and a message controller for sequentially recording the voice announcement message in said corresponding memory area of said voice memory in response to the voice message recording control signal from said digital signal processor, and for playing back the voice announcement message from the beginning of the message, without clipping said voice announcement message, by selecting said specific channel in response to the voice message playback control signal from said digital signal processor.