Re: Re: automatic caller

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On Wed, January 2, 2008 4:35 pm, Dan wrote:
> ""blackwater dev"" <blackwaterdev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:34a9824e0801020923k4a55460u4772ccc759034060@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> I'm working on a prototype now and was wondering if anyone new of a
>> service
>> where I could pass in text and a number and the service would call
>> the
>> number and read the text.  I know I can do this with asterisk and
>> it's php
>> api but don't have time to set up all the outgoing
>> code/functionality.
>> Does
>> anyone know of a service that does this so I can show it as a proof
>> of
>> concept.  I looked at GrandCentral but it doesn't appear to have
>> this
>> feature.
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> A simple google search for "automated calling" returns a lot of
> results,
> although most are services which you have to pay to use and they dont'
> seem
> like you can just call them with text but must have a pre-recorded
> message.
> Off the top of my head probably the simplest thing would be to just
> use the
> Skype API and use them for calls.  Since this is just a prototype then
> there
> probably won't be many calls made on it and it should not be very
> expensive.
> You would have to combine the skype API though with some kind of text
> to
> speech software.

If you go this route, "festival" is a nice open source text-to-speech
engine that is reasonably easy to install and get going.

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