Patent ID: 7817787
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A voice mail apparatus connected to a telephone exchange apparatus performing exchange between a plurality of telephone terminals, recording a voice message sent out from the telephone terminal on a calling side in response to a termination call from the telephone exchange apparatus in any mail box among a plurality of mail boxes that are different for each of the telephone terminals and reproducing the voice message recorded in any mail box in accordance with reproduction instructions, comprising: a voice processor which processes voice messages by an arbitrary processing gain; a gain controller which monitors a signal level of an output signal of the voice processor, and automatically controls the processing gain of the voice processor to change the signal level into a specified level; a buffer which temporarily stores a voice message input into the voice processor; and a processing controller which performs gain control of a learning voice file by the gain controller by inputting a portion of the voice message into the voice processor as the learning voice file, stores the portion of the voice message in the buffer, when recording of the voice message is requested and, after the gain control of the learning voice file by the gain controller terminates, reads the voice message held in the buffer and inputs the voice message into the voice processor.