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Re:Programmable Fax – API for sending and receiving faxes by digi_owl on Friday March 31, 2017 @12:16PM (#14005259)
My understanding is that holding a fax copy of a contract with a signature is as good in court as holding the contract itself.

But holding a PDF of same is not.

Re:Programmable Fax – API for sending and receiving faxes by sveit on Friday March 31, 2017 @04:02PM (#14007602)
TradeHarbor offers a service called EmailToSign [1] that allows you to sign PDFs using your voice. [1] http://tradeharbor.com/2017/hosted-apps/
Re:Programmable Fax – API for sending and receiving faxes by beamatronic on Friday March 31, 2017 @12:24PM (#14005347)
Electronic signing is a thing however. Faxes are successful because they are the technology "lowest common denominator" for business
Re:Programmable Fax – API for sending and receiving faxes by cbhl on Friday March 31, 2017 @01:27PM (#14006006)
I was under the impression that HelloFax/HelloSign basically did this -- they would let you digitally sign the document, and then fax it out to someone (possibly yourself).