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Show HN: Betty, Open Source Google Voice with Receptionist Abilities

91 points by vvoyer 12y ago

gingerlime 12y ago
Looks very interesting. Does it also, or are there any plans to support WebRTC calls directly from the Web Dashboard?
- SamyPesse 12y ago
  Already done :) https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SamyPesse/betty/master/public/images/preview.png https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SamyPesse/betty/master/pub...
  - gingerlime 12y ago
    That's cool. Will try it out shortly! EDIT: It's probably my lack of experience with node/npm, but I can't seem to start betty. See https://github.com/SamyPesse/betty/issues/7 https://github.com/SamyPesse/betty/issues/7 EDIT2: all ok. was my stupid mistake install nodejs
- deleted 12y ago
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frik 12y ago
> "Open source Google Voice" Which voice library does it use? I see a lot of Twilio references in the code. Beside that, the GitHub description reads "Open source Google Voice with Receptionist abilities, built on top of Twilio" - the last few words are missing in the HN title - and that makes it misleading. As the code contains no open source Google Voice library/etc. It's a showcase for Twilio API.
- SamyPesse 12y ago
  Yes it's basically an advanced use of Twilio API. I'm the creator of the open source project, but somebody posted it on HN without me knowing it so I can't change the title or anything.
  - sciurus 12y ago
    So the person who posted this as a "Show HN" isn't a contributor? That's not just bad form, that's a violation of the Show HN guidelines. It looks like the submitter has a history of doing this. https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=vvoyer https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=vvoyer
    - SamyPesse 12y ago
      No he is not a contributor (I don't know him), I originally wanted to share this project on HN this week after finalizing some stuffs.
      - vvoyer 12y ago
        Did not know we could not post show HN without being the author, I can change the title thought just give me one
- sologoub 12y ago
  While I was hoping to see something freeswitch-based when I clicked through, with how affordable Plivo and Twilio are, it really doesn't make much sense to try and run your own setup, unless you have something very custom to do or are looking to build a business and potentially scale up quite a bit. From the readme, it appears that this project is tackling some of the most common use cases and provides a nice UI. Great job! Also, a live demo would be nice if you are looking to build a user base.
joshmn 12y ago
There's also OpenVBX http://www.openvbx.org/ http://www.openvbx.org/ that I have found very fun to use.

91 points by vvoyer 12y ago

gingerlime 12y ago

Looks very interesting. Does it also, or are there any plans to support WebRTC calls directly from the Web Dashboard?

SamyPesse 12y ago
Already done :) https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SamyPesse/betty/master/public/images/preview.png https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SamyPesse/betty/master/pub...
- gingerlime 12y ago
  That's cool. Will try it out shortly! EDIT: It's probably my lack of experience with node/npm, but I can't seem to start betty. See https://github.com/SamyPesse/betty/issues/7 https://github.com/SamyPesse/betty/issues/7 EDIT2: all ok. was my stupid mistake install nodejs
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frik 12y ago

> "Open source Google Voice" Which voice library does it use? I see a lot of Twilio references in the code. Beside that, the GitHub description reads "Open source Google Voice with Receptionist abilities, built on top of Twilio" - the last few words are missing in the HN title - and that makes it misleading. As the code contains no open source Google Voice library/etc. It's a showcase for Twilio API.

SamyPesse 12y ago
Yes it's basically an advanced use of Twilio API. I'm the creator of the open source project, but somebody posted it on HN without me knowing it so I can't change the title or anything.
- sciurus 12y ago
  So the person who posted this as a "Show HN" isn't a contributor? That's not just bad form, that's a violation of the Show HN guidelines. It looks like the submitter has a history of doing this. https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=vvoyer https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=vvoyer
  - SamyPesse 12y ago
    No he is not a contributor (I don't know him), I originally wanted to share this project on HN this week after finalizing some stuffs.
    - vvoyer 12y ago
      Did not know we could not post show HN without being the author, I can change the title thought just give me one
sologoub 12y ago
While I was hoping to see something freeswitch-based when I clicked through, with how affordable Plivo and Twilio are, it really doesn't make much sense to try and run your own setup, unless you have something very custom to do or are looking to build a business and potentially scale up quite a bit. From the readme, it appears that this project is tackling some of the most common use cases and provides a nice UI. Great job! Also, a live demo would be nice if you are looking to build a user base.

joshmn 12y ago

There's also OpenVBX http://www.openvbx.org/ http://www.openvbx.org/ that I have found very fun to use.