Voicemail for DIYers
I just created a simple app that replaces traditional cell phone voicemail with an emailed transcription and recording using Heroku and Tropo.
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This looks like a pretty cool little app. I really need to check tropo out.
Great use of Tropo. Thanks for writing that up. Can’t wait to see what else you do with Tropo.
One idea for an enhancement is to send an SMS or IM when a voicemail comes in. You could even send the whole transcription by IM.
Why does this require a GSM phone? Any reason why it wouldn’t work with any cellphone that works with voicemail forwarding?
It’s a very similar architecture to an app I built for posting podcasts to Posterous from a mobile phone: Phone2Post. Tropo + Sinatra + Heroku seems to be the sweet spot for these apps.
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