Lucent Technologies Octel Unified Messenger Concepts and Planning Guide 101-1620-005 - Manual (Page 19)

Introducing Octel Unified Messenger
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Voice server
The voice server is a Windows NT-based system that is the integral link
between the LAN and the telephone network. It performs the following
functions:
n Answers PBX-forwarded telephone calls.
n Plays personalized greetings.
n Records messages.
n Sends compressed message files to subscriber mailboxes for
storage.
n Retrieves stored messages for playback through the telephone or
through multimedia.
n Provides the capability for TTS conversion of e-mail messages.
n Detects incoming faxes and forwards them to third-party fax
servers.
Multilingual
text-to-speech The voice server includes a speech synthesis device that allows
subscribers to hear their e-mail messages over the telephone. This feature
is also used for name confirmation when a recorded name is not available.
Organizations that receive e-mail in more than one language can enable a
multilingual TTS. This identifies the language of the e-mail message and
reads the message in that language.
The following languages are available:
n English
n French
n German
n Spanish
n Dutch
n Italian
n Russian
Tracing server
The tracing server is a separate system that records operational
information about activity in the voice mail domain. Events, for example,
port activity, are stored in an operation history database. An administrator