This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------5D18E8E780F2F73E9FA00812 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I thought some of you guys might be interested in this article --------------5D18E8E780F2F73E9FA00812 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from sender2.lodo.infobeat.com [208.146.68.34] by azbz.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-4.02) id A9124E5F0108; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 20:16:18 PST Received: from sender2.lodo.in.merc.com ([log in to unmask]) by sender2.lodo.in.merc.com (version 3.32, queueup copyright InfoBeat, Inc. 1997) with stdio id AZBZAAIDT15930; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 20:08:56 MST To: [log in to unmask] Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> From: [log in to unmask] Priority: normal Subject: Voice recognition worth talking about. 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