[ale] Ring, ring, it's your computer calling. Your process has completed.

[Pete Hardie]

Sounds cool!

Pete Hardie
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On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Richard Bronosky <richard at bronosky.com>wrote:

> For the ATT mobile hackathon on the 30th I made a project that uses call
> management web APIs. (Because it increased the prize pool from $300 to
> $500. This was a good choice as I ended up winning first prize.)
>
> One of the gems was that I learned how to use a simple curl command to
> call my phone. Now, doing something useful with that call (text to speech,
> speech to text, or IVR menu tree) gets pretty complex, however making the
> call can be pretty powerful alone. Let's say you put curl command in a
> script named "callme". You can then go:
> rsync /path server:/path || callme
>
> Then, if that rsync command that you expected to take 4 hours fails, you
> get a call and don't lose half your day. Or, you can use a semicolon
> instead of the double pipe and it calls you no matter what. There will be
> no one on the other end of the call, but in this most basic form it is
> still pretty useful.
>
> With a little bit more work I ought to be able to make it except an
> argument that gets passed to the text to speech API. Then you could use it
> for alerts of a less binary nature:
> callme "I just met you and this is crazy"
>
> (If you get that joke, I hope you have young girls at home.)
>
> Would anyone be interested in seeing this? It'll take a little effort to
> prepare.
>
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