Warning on gas bills
NZPA-Reuter Moscow Citizens who fail to pay their gas bills in Soviet Belorussia are likely to get a warning telephone call from a talking computer. Tass news agency reports. The "Phon'emophone" computer, developed by a research institute, is being used to monitor the power supply in the republic's capital Minsk and to automatically call non-payers. "The experiment has justified itself, the number of debtors has dwindled," Tass reported. The Minsk institute plans to use its voice synthesiser computers to provide a home information network covering transport services, chemists’ shops, and telephone billing.
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Press, 31 January 1984, Page 27
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