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Twilio is Voice over IP as a Service
VoIP
Internet
Telephone Lines
VoIP
twilio.messages.create({
from: 'xxxxxxxxxx',
to: 'xxxxxxxxxx',
message: 'Hello, world'
}, err => {
// Yay, we sent a text!
})Chatbots
~ Microsoft
There's SO much more you can do.
TextTube
Your personal mp3 player over voice.
(configured via SMS)
LIVE DEMO
How does it work?
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YouTube API search bot
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On play, video is streamed off YouTube.
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ffmpeg separates the video/audio streams
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Final mp3 stream is streamed as a "waiting audio" file back to the phone
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Complications & Things
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YouTube is not a music site
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ffmpeg is not made for real-time streaming
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Twilio charges by the minute
Web over SMS
Untitled project to surf the web over SMS.
Screenshots
Incomplete!
How does it work?
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HTTP server running on Android
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Traffic is rerouted to localhost
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Server runs a tunnel via Twilio to a VPS
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VPS connects tunnel to HTTP client, and executes the request
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Response is tunnelled back
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Response is pushed into WebView
Complications & Things
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SMS messages are capped to a 135 character limit
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SMS messages are not ordered
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Carriers place a limit of 250 automated messages per day
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SLOW