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This was my recent 'weekend project'. I have so may half-finished apps & sites, that I really needed to break the seal, and ship something. This was the simples

by Roedou 14y ago

This was my recent 'weekend project'. I have so may half-finished apps & sites, that I really needed to break the seal, and ship something. This was the simplest thing I could make, so here it is; it's definitely a relief to have something else 'in the wild'. It's very simple: a flat HTML page for the front end; the back-end is Python on Google App Engine, using Twilio for the text messages and phone calls. I'm more than open to feedback!

borplk 14y ago
Excellent work. Congratulations on shipping. If I could find a good Twilio alternative for other countries I might do something similar for another another country.
- Roedou 14y ago
  Which country are you looking for? They have their international beta program: http://www.twilio.com/blog/2012/08/twilio-launches-beta-phone-numbers-in-five-new-countries.html http://www.twilio.com/blog/2012/08/twilio-launches-beta-phon... http://www.twilio.com/international http://www.twilio.com/international and this page seems to include a LOT of countries: http://www.twilio.com/voice/pricing http://www.twilio.com/voice/pricing
  - borplk 14y ago
    Was looking for Australia in particular. I was just searching for it and from the search results I thought they are not providing for Australia just yet but clicked on the link you gave me and seems like they actually do.
- akalsey 14y ago
  Tropo has Australian numbers. And 40 other countries. Has for years. http://tropo.com http://tropo.com (disclosure, I'm the product manager). But really, if all you're doing is dialing out, then you don't actually need a local number. Just use whatever service you want (us, Twilio, Plivo, someone else, etc) and set the caller ID to a local number or make the call as a blocked caller ID.
rada 14y ago
Beautiful design, noticed a bug though, on iPhone: http://imgur.com/2nOJc http://imgur.com/2nOJc (background image doubled).
- Roedou 14y ago
  Interesting, thanks. Seems like I need a much wider image for the BG on mobile devices; I guess this is down to the very high resolution of iPhone screens? Also, looks like the webfont character in the H! didn't work either.
notyourwork 14y ago
Ok - Awesome idea and project. I just tested it out and it worked great but I did have one bit of feedback. To make it more realistic, you should let the call run a bit longer. For example, on my phone with the volume up in a quiet room you can hear the beep when the call ends. With this service the call ends quite abruptly. Perhaps let it run for a few seconds though I am not sure if this would incur any cost on your side?

by Roedou 14y ago

borplk 14y ago

Excellent work. Congratulations on shipping. If I could find a good Twilio alternative for other countries I might do something similar for another another country.

Roedou 14y ago
Which country are you looking for? They have their international beta program: http://www.twilio.com/blog/2012/08/twilio-launches-beta-phone-numbers-in-five-new-countries.html http://www.twilio.com/blog/2012/08/twilio-launches-beta-phon... http://www.twilio.com/international http://www.twilio.com/international and this page seems to include a LOT of countries: http://www.twilio.com/voice/pricing http://www.twilio.com/voice/pricing
- borplk 14y ago
  Was looking for Australia in particular. I was just searching for it and from the search results I thought they are not providing for Australia just yet but clicked on the link you gave me and seems like they actually do.
akalsey 14y ago
Tropo has Australian numbers. And 40 other countries. Has for years. http://tropo.com http://tropo.com (disclosure, I'm the product manager). But really, if all you're doing is dialing out, then you don't actually need a local number. Just use whatever service you want (us, Twilio, Plivo, someone else, etc) and set the caller ID to a local number or make the call as a blocked caller ID.

rada 14y ago

Beautiful design, noticed a bug though, on iPhone: http://imgur.com/2nOJc http://imgur.com/2nOJc (background image doubled).

Roedou 14y ago
Interesting, thanks. Seems like I need a much wider image for the BG on mobile devices; I guess this is down to the very high resolution of iPhone screens? Also, looks like the webfont character in the H! didn't work either.

notyourwork 14y ago

Ok - Awesome idea and project. I just tested it out and it worked great but I did have one bit of feedback. To make it more realistic, you should let the call run a bit longer. For example, on my phone with the volume up in a quiet room you can hear the beep when the call ends. With this service the call ends quite abruptly. Perhaps let it run for a few seconds though I am not sure if this would incur any cost on your side?