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- Greg Bear
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| Voice Dialing | ||
| Speak the name of the person and call them on the phone. |
Yet another aspect of Frederik Pohl's joymaker.
| If you have been called by any person, the joymaker wil have recorded the necessry ortho-name and identification spectrum. Simply ask the joymaker to call the person you wish to speak to. |
| Technovelgy from The Age of The Pussyfoot,
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