Email Access through landline

Telephone using Speech Technology

Presented by,

JOJEES THOMAS

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Objective
Abstract
Requirements
Block Diagram
POP3
Software Description
SAPI
Advantage
Applications

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The user can access E-mails through telephone without using PC, Internet
connection , mobiles using GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) connection.

User can dial the telephone and receive their emails in voice as audio messages
through interactive Text to Speech conversion by using SAPI (Speech Application
Programming Interface).

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E-Mail’s can be accessed through ordinary telephone.
It is a full duplex, encrypted, point-to-point communication that allows
telephone quality real-time audio.
Here a dial-up client is received through the telephone line and authentication
number is obtained from him. Using this authentication number service
provider get to the inbox of the client. The inbox status is read to the
buffer.
Using a text to voice interface, it is fed through the telephone line to the client.
It is implemented through TAPI (Telephony Application Programming
Interface).

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SOFTWARE REQUIREMENT
Visual Basic 6.0
Windows XP/Vista OS
MS Access
SAPI

HARDWARE REQUIREMENT
Hard Disk : 4GB
RAM : 128MB

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BLOCK DIAGRAM
User details submission
Mail service
User provider
Deliver unique code

Mail service DTMF

Telephone decoder
provider
Frequency tone to BCD
Text to speech conversion
conversion Centronics
SAPI port

No
Yes Unauthorized
Modem Serial port PC
user

POP3
ISP Webserver Inbox

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 • Purpose
To allow a workstation to retrieve mail.

• What is POP3?
A protocol that defines how email clients communicate
with email servers to retrieve email messages.

• What does POP3 do?

It allows email messages to be retrieved from the email
server.

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MINIMAL POP3 COMMANDS
USER name – user’s name

PASS string – user’s password

QUIT – quits, and updates the mailbox

STAT – status

LIST [msg] – lists the mail messages (#’s only)

RETR msg – retrieves a mail message

DELE msg – deletes a message

NOOP – No operation

RSET – resets the mail to its original state

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 By entering the user ID, Password
We can

- Know the body & size of the mail

- Find number of mails received

- Open the selected mails

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SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION
To check an e-mail the requirements are-

 Numerical User Id

 Numerical Password

 Server Id

 Port number

Total port number= 655535

Here we are using 110 port numbers

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 SPEECH APPLICATION
PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
 This Speech Application Programming Interface was developed by
microsoft for windows applications.

 This technology is mainly used for speech recognition and speech

synthesis.

 Here this technology is used to convert text into speech.

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SAPI

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ADVANTAGES
Receive emails anywhere at anytime.

Powerful access.

Cheaper and more convenient.

 Provides authentication for users.

 It can be used by blind people.

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APPLICATIONS
It is helpful for downtrodden peoples.

It can be used in places where there is no net facility.

It can be used by business travelers, students and anyone else who
doesn't have their PC in touch.

 It can be used in military applications.

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