Re: Mastervoice Butler-in-a-box

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On Wednesday, February 21, 2001 at 9:58:40 AM UTC-5, Rick Tinker wrote:
> They're gone as far as I know.  Lots of legal trouble with
> developments that agreed to install them and then they failed to
> perform.  Gus, the founder (and a Magician by earlier trade) has not
> been heard from in a while - some said he skipped the country even!
> All unsubstantiated, but aren't all rumors?
>
> The voice recognition though was considered by many to be no more than
> "sound recognition" which is how a news story about the dog barking
> causing the system to make long distance phone calls came about...
> Gave a bad name to other voice recognition systems for sure!
>
> I'd gloss over that system quickly...
>
>
> Rick
>
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 04:39:39 GMT, "Jennifer Kalk"
> <jenniferkalk.@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >Has anyone has any experience w/ the Butler-in-a-box from AVSI (ex
> >MasterVoice). It seems to be a mid-90's HA system w/ strong voice-activated
> >capabilities. Is it still a viable HA controller?
> >
> >Thx
> >
> >Anthony
> >
 former Distributor; gus is still around living in the same area and offers an upgrade