fig3 and 4 show a first embodiment of a facsimile system in which a facsimile information management device 1 in accordance with the invention is used . fig3 shows that the facsimile system 100 includes a facsimile information management device 1 , a pstn 2 , a conventional facsimile machine 3 incompatible for network system and the other side facsimile machine 4 . referring to fig4 the facsimile information management device 1 captures either management information from the facsimile transmission between facsimile machines 3 and 4 or the information corresponding to the entire facsimile transmission . as shown in fig4 the facsimile information management device 1 is made up of a pstn interface 11 , a facsimile communication interface 12 , an information storage device 13 , an information management storage device 14 , a display device 15 , a control console 16 , a facsimile modem 17 , a controller 18 and a lan board 19 . the pstn interface 11 is an interface device between the pstn 2 and the facsimile information management device 1 . the pstn interface 11 communicates with facsimile machine 4 via the pstn 2 . the facsimile communication interface 12 is also an interface device between the conventional incompatible facsimile machine 3 and the facsimile information management device 1 and carries out the function of sending and receiving information to and from facsimile machine 3 . the facsimile modem 17 demodulates the information received from the pstn interface 11 and also modulates the information between the facsimile 3 and the facsimile communication interface 12 . the information storage device 13 stores the demodulated information that the facsimile information management device 1 receives from the facsimile machine 3 or the pstn 2 . the demodulated information is , for example , fax image data and so on . the information management storage 14 stores and makes a management report of the facsimile information stored in the information storage 13 . the management report keeps a log of each facsimile transmission including such information as telephone number , transmission date or time , and whether the communication succeeded or failed . in other words , the management report keeps supervisory data concerning facsimile transmissions . the display device 15 displays the management information kept in the information management storage 14 and the facsimile information kept in the information storage 13 . the control console 16 is a console by which the user inputs commands to control the facsimile information management device 1 . still referring to fig4 when the facsimile machine 3 is receiving , the pstn interface 11 receives the facsimile information from the sending side via the pstn 2 and then the received facsimile information is temporally captured into the information storage 13 and the management information for the received facsimile is temporally captured into the information management storage 14 . now referring to fig5 the facsimile information management device 1 is connectable to network system such as lan with the lan board 19 . a personal computer ( pc ) connected to the lan can gain access to the information captured in the information storage 13 and the information management storage 14 via the lan board 19 . therefore , a pc is capable of taking advantage of the information from the conventional incompatible facsimile machines 3 by way of a network system . furthermore , the facsimile system 100 is also capable of reproducing the information captured in the information storage 13 and the information management storage 14 . the above mentioned process is regulated by the controller 18 based upon a program stored in a memory device such as a rom . now referring to fig6 when the facsimile machine 3 is on the receiving side , the management information is stored in a management report with the management information storage 14 . the management report displays management information such as the telephone number of the sending or receiving sides or the date and time of receipt , and other supervisory information . the management report prepares a management record for every document . after the management record is stored in management information storage 14 , it may be referred to during a search . the data content of each record is preferably of a fixed length . fig7 shows a second embodiment wherein the facsimile information management device 10 monitors a signal stream of facsimile transmission information between conventional facsimile machines via a network system . the facsimile information management device 10 is made up of a pstn interface 211 , a facsimile communication interface 212 , a display device 215 , a control console 216 , a controller 218 and a lan board 219 . an explanation of the above device is omitted because of its similarity to the device described with respect to the first embodiment . the facsimile information management device 10 is not equipped with an information storage device and an information management storage device as in the first embodiment . the facsimile information management device 10 only monitors the facsimile transmission between the pstn 2 and the facsimile machine 3 . now referring to fig8 the monitored facsimile transmission is sent to a server device via the lan board 219 and a lan . the facsimile transmission is demodulated by the server and stored in the server device . in other words , the server device has storage devices corresponding to the information storage and the information management storage of the first embodiment . these storage devices also have the same function as the information storage and the information management storage devices of the first embodiment . as described in the first embodiment , the stored facsimile transmission may be reused to produce another facsimile transmission . the server device also stores the management report which is described above . now referring fig9 when the facsimile information is stored , the display 15 displays a part of the facsimile information or the management information . accordingly , the user is capable of verifying the receipt of the facsimile information by the display 15 . if the user needs to access the displayed facsimile information , the user inputs commands through control console 16 to either print out facsimile information from facsimile machine 3 on paper or to abandon it . a facsimile information management device 1 is also capable of storing the facsimile information in the information storage 13 after printing the facsimile information on the paper . the facsimile system described may be constructed to selectively store all or any part of the information received with an incoming facsimile transmission , the facsimile system equipped with a switching device to determine which is selectively stored . still referring to fig9 the facsimile information management device 1 may be equipped with a beeper 31 and an indicator light source 32 . the beeper 31 generates a sound signal or a beep when the facsimile information management device 1 is receiving facsimile information or stores the facsimile information in the information storage 13 . similarly , the indicator 32 indicates that the facsimile information management device 1 receives the facsimile information by emitting light . in other words , when the facsimile information management device 1 receives facsimile information , the beeper 31 generates a beep and the indicator 32 emits light to indicate that the facsimile information management device 1 has received the facsimile information and the received facsimile information is stored . the beeper 31 sounds a beep for a predetermined time interval at the instant the facsimile information management device 1 receives incoming facsimile information . the beeper 31 stops generating the beep for a predetermined time interval . however , the indicator 32 continues to be lit until the facsimile information management device 1 has finished storing the facsimile information . the user need not keep watch on the facsimile management device 1 . the user can confirm whether or not the facsimile information management device 1 has received facsimile information by the light from the indicator 32 or the beep sound from the beeper 31 . now referring to fig1 , the facsimile information management device 1 is capable of connecting to a personal computer ( pc ) 40 . when the pc 40 is connected to the facsimile information management device 1 , this facsimile system is capable of carrying out an operation by a keyboard or a mouse which is connected to the pc 40 , instead of the attached control console 16 of the facsimile information management device 1 . furthermore , the facsimile system is also capable of displaying the facsimile information on the display of the pc 40 , in addition to or instead of the attached display of the facsimile information management device 1 . of course , the facsimile information management device 1 does not need the beeper 31 and the indicator 32 . the user can keep watch and check the facsimile information or facsimile management information stored in the information storage 13 and in the information management storage 14 on the display of the pc 40 . the above facsimile system has the advantage that the user can clearly discover the facsimile information or facsimile management information because of the large screen display of the pc 40 in comparison with the attached display 15 of the facsimile information management device 1 . the pc 40 may be used to selectively choose any facsimile information based upon the displayed list of the received facsimile information on the display of the pc 40 . now referring to fig1 , the facsimile system is also capable of connecting to a printer 5 . in the case that the printer 5 is connected to the facsimile system , the facsimile system may print the facsimile information either on the printer 5 or the facsimile machine 3 . the facsimile information may be printed out when the facsimile information management device 1 receives the facsimile information , when the control console 16 is operated , or when the keyboard of the pc 40 is operated . the facsimile system allows printing to occur at a user determined time or date and allows the user to print the facsimile information , the facsimile management information , or both . now referring fig3 and 4 again , when the facsimile machine 3 is the sending side the facsimile communication device 12 of the facsimile information management device 1 receives the facsimile information from the facsimile machine 3 . the received facsimile information is stored in the information storage 13 . subsequently the facsimile management information such as the telephone number of the receiving side and the sending date is stored within the management information storage 14 . the facsimile information management device 1 sends the received facsimile information to the receiving side by way of the pstn interface 11 and the pstn 2 . the captured facsimile information and facsimile management information similarly are reproducible . therefore , the facsimile system is capable of sending a facsimile in which the phone number of the receiving side has been captured in the management information storage 14 and is then attached with the facsimile information received from the facsimile machine 3 . the system may also send a facsimile which has the same contents as the captured facsimile information in the information storage 13 added to the facsimile information received from the facsimile 3 . the facsimile system can also attach the captured facsimile information or the captured facsimile management information to the facsimile information received from the sending side . now referring to fig1 , the facsimile information management device 1 may also be contain a text converter 20 . the text converter 20 converts the facsimile information into text data . in the facsimile information management device 1 , the information storage 13 stores the converted text data . referring to fig1 , the text converter 20 is made up of an image memory 21 , a cpu 22 , a character extraction device 23 , a character recognition device 24 , and a program storage 25 . the image memory 21 stores the image data corresponding to the received facsimile information . the cpu 22 carries out the program stored in the program storage 25 and controls the conversion process . the character extraction device 23 extracts a portion of the image of the received facsimile information from the memory space . the character recognition device 24 carries out the character recognition for the data extracted by the character extraction device 23 and outputs the code data corresponding to the extracted data . the program storage 25 stores the program for carrying out the conversion process . fig1 shows a flow chart that illustrates the respective steps employed as part of the text conversion process . step s 1 shows an area extraction of a character image string is carried out . the process proceeds to step s 2 where the extracted character image string is divided into words separated with a blank . the process proceeds to step s 3 , the character recognition is carried out for each word . in step s 4 the number of all words is assumed to “ n ”. in step s 5 the device determines whether classification of an idiom to each word is finished or not . if the classification of an idiom is not finished for each word , the process proceeds to step s 7 via step s 6 and the classification of an idiom is carried out in step s 7 . in step s 8 , the classified idiom is stored . if the classification of an idiom to each word is finished , the process proceeds to step s 9 . all classified idioms are stored as text data in step s 9 . thereafter , the document data that was transformed to text data is handled similarly to facsimile information . accordingly , the volume of data stored in the information storage 13 becomes small . the facsimile system is , therefore , also capable of reducing the transmission time of the facsimile information . japanese laid open patent application 6 - 291 , 897 discloses the details of above process . the entire contents of this published patent application are incorporated herein by reference . now referring to fig1 , the facsimile system is also capable of being connected to a personal digital assistant ( pda ) 150 . the user connects the pda 150 to the pstn 2 and can gain access to the facsimile by way of the lan or the facsimile information management device 1 of the present invention . it is to be understood , however , that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description , together with details of the structure and function of the invention , this disclosure is illustrative only , and changes may be made in detail , especially in matters of shape , size and arrangement of parts , as well as implementation in software , hardware , or a combination of both within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed . the present document incorporates by reference the entire contents of japanese priority document , 09 - 241 , 085 filed in japan on sep . 5 , 1997 .