Secretarial functions of Hal

[Hartmeister]

I'm thinking about purchasing Hal, and I'm wondering about the secretarial functions of Hal. Can Hal:

1) Pick up the phone and talk to me on the phone
2) If a fax is being sent receive the fax
3) password protect its conversations so that while it can talk to me or respond to me via some sort of messenger server it will not be able to give out sensitive information without being given a password.

[spydaz]

to pick up the phone and talk to you HMM..

there is a program called virtual secratary and a program called NOA.


But with hal NO BUT he can DAIL out for you...


there is a hardware which you can buy called a hal VOICE modem ... this enables you to talk to your computer /  voice activate using the phone, weather phoneing in or just pick up the phone #9 and your also talking to the computer.  this would be a way to go if this is what you are looking for.