Re: [gopher] Gopher-Project Digest, Vol 69, Issue 20

On Jan 22, 2016 6:07 PM, "巫白雪" <wubaixue@gmail.com> wrote:

Mr. Kevin,

I left a message, which has been somewhat humourously transcribed by machine. Pretty nifty project! However, it doesn't seem to have made an MP3 copy of my call, or at least hasn't posted it to folder. FYI.

I heartily appreciate and encourage your happy work in this direction. If you ever get your SMS app working, please consider also allowing it to accept APRS packets ported direct from APRS-IS gateways. Such would be nifty doodle for us hams.

Toodloo,
Brighid

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1. Gopher 2.0? (Kevin Veroneau)
2. Re: Gopher 2.0? (Kevin Veroneau)

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 23:26:00 -0700
From: Kevin Veroneau <kevin@veroneau.net>
To: gopher-project@lists.alioth.debian.org
Subject: [gopher] Gopher 2.0?
Message-ID: <[🔎] 201601212326.00383.kevin@veroneau.net>
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Hello everybody!

I have developed a new kind of gopher mole, which would have suited gopher
back when it was popular, as it pairs telephony technology with gopher!

Get ready to jump into a gopher hole like no other on gopher space, I now
proudly present the world's first gopher-to-telephony gateway interface! Now,
you can fill in gopher forms using the latest in voice transcription services.
Yes, you heard me right, with this new one of a kind gopher mole, my server
will call any phone number you give it and request of you using voice to
record your guestbook posting. This guestbook posting is then saved directly
on the server as a convenient MP3 file and then transcripted into text for
future visitors can both hear your lovely voice and read your transcribed
text.

Now, you might be asking yourself... Does this require some sort of fancy
new modern gopher client? Nope, not at all. This proof-of-concept technology
even works by using your PCs tried and true telnet command program. So, this
gopher mole will work in everything in the gopher market from today to back in
the 70s.

Upon visiting the mole, you just use a standard gopher type 7 to submit the
phone number you wish gopher to call you at. The mole will then use some
telephony magic to make an outbound call to any phone number you provided, it
will even do a quick check to make sure you entered in a valid working phone
number using various carrier APIs. Then seconds from submitting your phone
number, your phone will magically ring and an automated message will play back
asking you to record your guestbook message after the tone. Then you can
simply hang up the phone and watch the magic happen. The recording should
appear about 5 seconds after the phone is hung up, and the transcription can
take as long as 2 minutes, depending on the length of your message.

You can try it out here, currently the gopher hole isn't yet publically
available, as I wanted to you lovely a sneak peek:
gopher://gopher.veroneau.net/1apps/guestbook2

My next goal is to enable this same functionality using SMS messages, but
that could incur charges on the users' end depending where they are and if
they are charged for long distance SMS messages.

Finally, I plan on making a complete sms2gopher gateway, where you can text
a number a valid gopher URI, and browse gopher from absolutely any mobile
device in the entire known universe, as long as it supports SMS that is. You
will even be-able to instruct it to call you with a full text-to-speech
recording of an entire gopher document!

For privacy reasons, your phone number is not stored, or displayed on this
guestbook. So go ahead and show off this rather unique guestbook experience to
friends and family. It's sure to put a smile on their face.

Best Regards,
Kevin Veroneau

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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 01:05:49 -0700
From: Kevin Veroneau <kevin@veroneau.net>
To: Gopher Project Discussion <gopher-project@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Subject: Re: [gopher] Gopher 2.0?
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Quick note on this. ?Although I do hope that we are all mature adults in gopherspace, I am hoping that nobody goes and abuses this to make, let's say "prank calls" to numbers which aren't your own... ?any number put into the search box will be called by the server, there's really no way to know if it's your real number or someone else's. ?Do not use this service for solicitation. ?Nobody likes spam, and especially random phone numbers calling them asking them to record a guest book post.

? In version 2.1 I will implement a rate limiter based on IP address to prevent potential abuse when it goes more public. ?Thankfully not many bots frequent gopherholes, and from my gopher server logs and prior guestbook, I don't see bots spamming our gopher type 7s thankfully, so hopefully I can keep this proof of concept alive for years to come for many people to try out. ?Anyways, I do hope everyone enjoys this rather interesting project I put together. ?Look forward to both hearing your guestbook messages and reading what is transcribed. ?This also gives us an interesting way to share our real voices with others in gopherspace. :). I still think I'm the youngest gopher user here, but let's see.

? Original Message ?
From:kevin@veroneau.net
Sent:January 22, 2016 12:25 AM
To:gopher-project@lists.alioth.debian.org
Subject:[gopher] Gopher 2.0?

Hello everybody!

? I have developed a new kind of gopher mole, which would have suited gopher
back when it was popular, as it pairs telephony technology with gopher!

? Get ready to jump into a gopher hole like no other on gopher space, I now
proudly present the world's first gopher-to-telephony gateway interface!? Now,
you can fill in gopher forms using the latest in voice transcription services.?
Yes, you heard me right, with this new one of a kind gopher mole, my server
will call any phone number you give it and request of you using voice to
record your guestbook posting.? This guestbook posting is then saved directly
on the server as a convenient MP3 file and then transcripted into text for
future visitors can both hear your lovely voice and read your transcribed
text.

? Now, you might be asking yourself...? Does this require some sort of fancy
new modern gopher client?? Nope, not at all.? This proof-of-concept technology
even works by using your PCs tried and true telnet command program.? So, this
gopher mole will work in everything in the gopher market from today to back in
the 70s.

? Upon visiting the mole, you just use a standard gopher type 7 to submit the
phone number you wish gopher to call you at.? The mole will then use some
telephony magic to make an outbound call to any phone number you provided, it
will even do a quick check to make sure you entered in a valid working phone
number using various carrier APIs.? Then seconds from submitting your phone
number, your phone will magically ring and an automated message will play back
asking you to record your guestbook message after the tone.? Then you can
simply hang up the phone and watch the magic happen.? The recording should
appear about 5 seconds after the phone is hung up, and the transcription can
take as long as 2 minutes, depending on the length of your message.

You can try it out here, currently the gopher hole isn't yet publically
available, as I wanted to you lovely a sneak peek:
gopher://gopher.veroneau.net/1apps/guestbook2

? My next goal is to enable this same functionality using SMS messages, but
that could incur charges on the users' end depending where they are and if
they are charged for long distance SMS messages.

? Finally, I plan on making a complete sms2gopher gateway, where you can text
a number a valid gopher URI, and browse gopher from absolutely any mobile
device in the entire known universe, as long as it supports SMS that is.? You
will even be-able to instruct it to call you with a full text-to-speech
recording of an entire gopher document!

? For privacy reasons, your phone number is not stored, or displayed on this
guestbook.? So go ahead and show off this rather unique guestbook experience to
friends and family.? It's sure to put a smile on their face.

Best Regards,
? Kevin Veroneau

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