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[57]' ABSTRACT

A? rst computer workstation 10 includes a voice response unit for interfacing to a telephone network. The? rst com puter workstation is attached by a communications link 18 to a second computer workstation 20, which includes a server to perform a particular voice processing function, such as text to speech, voice recognition, FAX-back, and so on. For inbound applications the? rst computer workstation forwards the incoming signal over the communications link to the server on the second computer workstation for real time processing, whilst for outbound applications, the reverse process occurs.