I've been fiddling with a user search function that works using only DTMFs (touch tones). This is a transcript of a conversation with the current incarnation of that routine. I'll work on it more next week when I'll start building the voice server. I'm going to try and build it with a swarm of old computers so it can be done at basically zero cost.
Enter the user number you'd like to send a message to, or press 0 to search.
0#
Please type in as much of the user's name as possible, ignoring all special characters.
454#
Sixteen matches. Press one for glider, press two for glittarave, press three for glitter*girl, Press...
*
Please type...
4546#
For future reference, hkim's usernumber is 4784.
Please record your message at the tone. BEEP
"Hey, I'm in Dublin right now. I'm staying at the Hotel Ireland, room 666. Call me when you get home from work."
PS. I don't know hkim, but their first three DTMFs match mine, that's why they're in the little script above. Anyway, the whole system is pretty easy to use, and once you get the hang of it, it's really fast to navigate through.
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