Try invox and oki.  I can't find invox website anymore, maybe they went
broke.  Our company makes a digital answering machine of sorts.  We use
dedicated codecs from rockwell and connexant, and Atmel AT45DXXX serial
flash for storage.  If you are only making one you'll have to accept the
expense.  There are lots of ways, tradeoff between complexity and cost.

At 04:46 AM 4/17/00 -0500, you wrote:
>   I'm working on a digital answering and a PIC 17 series micro.  Does
>anyone have any suggestions on semiconductor companies other than ISD which
> might be more cost effective and offer greater storage capacity.
>                                          Thanks!!!!

David Lions
Lab Technician
Miva Corporation