Autofax refers to the use of a computer to send or receive fax messages instead of a fax machine. It is useful for occasional faxing and sending original documents. The technology is simple, converting data into audio tones. Autofax can also be used for marketing purposes and automated account statements in banking. Sirvisetti AutoFax is a brand name for a healthcare industry service that integrates automated faxing with computerized record systems.
Autofax is an umbrella term that covers the various techniques that allow users to send or receive fax messages on a computer instead of a fax machine. This can be an effective way of communicating between someone who only has a computer and someone who only has a fax machine. The term can also be used for an automated account statement system in the banking sector.
The most common users of auto fax services today seem to be people who need to send or receive fax messages occasionally, but don’t consider it convenient or cost-effective to purchase a fax machine. An example would be a small business that does most of its communication by email but deals with some customers or suppliers who prefer to use fax machines. Such services can also be useful for people who need to send documents in their original form, rather than simply as a text file or word processing document, but find it impractical to scan the documents and send them as image files.
The technology behind automatic faxing is relatively simple. The computer simply converts the data in a document into an audio tone, or from a tone to a document in the same way as a fax. This is much the same system used on computers that connect to the Internet via a dial-up modem.
Some forms of automated faxing are designed for marketing purposes. These allow a business to send a fax to multiple recipients without the need to type each fax number individually on a fax machine. Such systems can also allow you to easily filter a marketing list for messages designed for a particular audience. The theory behind using such a system is that it is cheaper than using mail, but is more likely to be read than an email, which might be caught by a spam filter or simply deleted without be read.
Within the banking industry, the name autofax is sometimes used for a system where a bank is able to automatically send regular bank statements to account holders by fax. This could be a fax machine or a computer equipped to receive faxes. Such systems are generally considered obsolete, given that most people now have access to email. Security standards have also increased over time and many account holders and banks would not consider faxing a secure way to transmit sensitive financial data.
AutoFax, or in particular Sirvisetti AutoFax, is also the brand name of a service sold by a New Jersey company. It is designed to integrate automated faxing with computerized record systems used in the healthcare industry. Among its features is the ability to automatically overlay digital signatures and company logos on healthcare documentation.
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