AUTOMATIC ANSWERING TELEPHONE SET

PURPOSE:To deliver an urgent message to a recipient directly by activating a loudspeaking means when a prescribed signal is sent from a caller by a control means. CONSTITUTION:The telephone set is provided with a loudspeaking means 4 loudspeaking a voice signal from a caller, a reply means 14 sending a reply signal to the caller for automatic reply, a detection means 12 detecting a prescribed signal sent from the caller and a control means 13 stopping the loudspeaking means 4 and releasing the stop of the loudspeaking means 4 based on the detection means 12 when the reply means 14 is set to be active. When a password is received by a DTMF receiver 12, a microcomputer 13 is used to turn on a switch B16, the voice signal is sounded from a speaker 4 at a prescribed sound volume and the receiver side recognizes a message from the caller on emergency even in sleep reply.