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Abstract

A directory answering machine which allows a desired telephone number which is registered in the form of an abbreviated dialing code to be found by an access from an external telephone even when the abbreviated code is forgotten. When a predetermined remote command is received from an external telephone to the answering machine through the telephone line, a control circuit serially reads out the telephone numbers registered in an abbreviated dialing code information memory in the form of abbreviated dialing codes and the subscriber names thereof, converts the read data into speech synthesized by a voice synthesizer, and supplies them to the telephone line through a communication circuit. When a predetermined selection signal is supplied from the external telephone, the subscriber name and the corresponding telephone number which are being output at this point in time are selected. The data are supplied again to the telephone line in a synthesized speech. The resupply may be repeated in response to a repeat signal. In this way, a desired telephone number can be found out from the external telephone.

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