4 ms·

in order to one up this very cool project one would have to: - create a cellphone in a Telephone magneto style from before there were rotaries - train a machine

in order to one up this very cool project one would have to: - create a cellphone in a Telephone magneto style from before there were rotaries - train a machine learning algorythm to emulate the behavior of a Switchboard operator so you can have the truely "authentic" old school behavior

DonHopkins 7y ago
You could define a class called RingyDingyEnumerator! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffxVap-1L1Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffxVap-1L1Y Speaking of "old school", I love watching Joan Rivers shamelessly plug MCI, after which she audaciously asks Ernestine how old she is and grills her about her sexuality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3AujuB_3Zs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3AujuB_3Zs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Tomlin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Tomlin > In 1970, AT&T offered Tomlin $500,000 to play her character Ernestine in a commercial, but she declined, saying it would compromise her artistic integrity. In 1976, she appeared on Saturday Night Live as Ernestine in a Ma Bell advertisement parody in which she proclaimed, "We don't care, we don't have to...we're the phone company." The character later made a guest appearance at The Superhighway Summit at UCLA on January 11, 1994, interrupting a speech being given on the information superhighway by then-Vice President Al Gore. She appeared as three of her minor characters in a 1998 ad campaign for Fidelity Investments that did not include Ernestine or Edith Ann. In 2003, she made two commercials as an "updated" Ernestine for WebEx. phone company sketch - we dont care - Tomlin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHgUN_95UAw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHgUN_95UAw Ernestine's House Call - Saturday Night Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TbI_1XoJN0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TbI_1XoJN0 Ernestine the telephone operator calls General Motors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT4__Nz5HWY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT4__Nz5HWY Lily Tomlin as Ernestine the Telephone Operator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0l9fE2RAj8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0l9fE2RAj8
geocar 7y ago
I did something like this as a joke at a company I used to work for. Asterisk, a lot of wacky perl, and CMUSphinx. You'd pick up one of the rotary phones in the office[1] and say "operator", wait for a chirp, then you could either speak the number or say the persons name you wanted to call. [1]: https://i.imgur.com/O7GLfsa.jpg https://i.imgur.com/O7GLfsa.jpg

DonHopkins 7y ago

You could define a class called RingyDingyEnumerator! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffxVap-1L1Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffxVap-1L1Y Speaking of "old school", I love watching Joan Rivers shamelessly plug MCI, after which she audaciously asks Ernestine how old she is and grills her about her sexuality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3AujuB_3Zs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3AujuB_3Zs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Tomlin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Tomlin > In 1970, AT&T offered Tomlin $500,000 to play her character Ernestine in a commercial, but she declined, saying it would compromise her artistic integrity. In 1976, she appeared on Saturday Night Live as Ernestine in a Ma Bell advertisement parody in which she proclaimed, "We don't care, we don't have to...we're the phone company." The character later made a guest appearance at The Superhighway Summit at UCLA on January 11, 1994, interrupting a speech being given on the information superhighway by then-Vice President Al Gore. She appeared as three of her minor characters in a 1998 ad campaign for Fidelity Investments that did not include Ernestine or Edith Ann. In 2003, she made two commercials as an "updated" Ernestine for WebEx. phone company sketch - we dont care - Tomlin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHgUN_95UAw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHgUN_95UAw Ernestine's House Call - Saturday Night Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TbI_1XoJN0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TbI_1XoJN0 Ernestine the telephone operator calls General Motors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT4__Nz5HWY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT4__Nz5HWY Lily Tomlin as Ernestine the Telephone Operator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0l9fE2RAj8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0l9fE2RAj8

geocar 7y ago

I did something like this as a joke at a company I used to work for. Asterisk, a lot of wacky perl, and CMUSphinx. You'd pick up one of the rotary phones in the office[1] and say "operator", wait for a chirp, then you could either speak the number or say the persons name you wanted to call. [1]: https://i.imgur.com/O7GLfsa.jpg https://i.imgur.com/O7GLfsa.jpg