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In lugnet.general, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been playing with VXML and wanted some pet projects to help me learn. So
> I've been looking at my hobbies for applications.
>
> I am continually amazed at how many of you can remember so many LEGO set
> numbers/names/prices and other stats. I'm terrible at that and there must be
> others of you out there too. Sometimes I'm in a store and find LEGO on sale
> but don't know the original price and getting that info from the store is often
> trying.
>
> So, I've created an application that will allow you to phone in and speak (or
> use your keypad) set numbers and hear back a brief message with the set name
> and original price. I have most sets from the past four years entered at this
> point since those are the most likely to appear on sale shelves.
>
> I'd be keen to hear:
> if it works (or not) for you
> problems that you had using it
> suggestions for improvement
> etc.
>
> I'm preliminarily calling it L-Shop: the LEGO shopping utility, but if someone
> else has used that name, I'd find a new one right away (searching LUGNET turns
> up no references to L-Shop, LShop, L Shop, etc.).
>
> You can access L-Shop in North America by dialing 1-800-555-TELL (8355) and
> keying in 1-57467 or saying "extensions" and then "57467" once the voice
> handler has you.
>
> It'll ask for set numbers and return the US name of the set and the MSRP if the
> number is in my DB. If it didn't understand part of the number you spoke or if
> that set isn't in the DB, it will tell you that set isn't in the DB.
>
> The speech synthesizer is rough right now, I'm still learning how to tweak
> inflection and the like. I might end up just recording the initial greeting
> and then trying to improve the synth from the DB. If you are in a noisy
> environment, you might get best results by inputting with your keypad but I've
> found the voice-recognition to be pretty good. It _seems_ so far to be a
> little better at recognizing male voices than female, but I'll know more after
> hearing back from some of you.
>
> If anyone out there is doing VXML and has suggestions, that'd be great!
>
> Chris
>
> PS - I wasn't sure where this should go so I set FUT .general. If you know
> better, feel encouraged to direct the thread.
Hi!
I've been a TELLME user for ages, since they were in early beta actually.
It's a neat idea (although not sure it's a moneymaking one), and I use it a
lot to find out weather in destination cities or just to kill a little time
in the airport.
Can you review how to get to your service (I wasn't aware you could even add
your own services!)in a little more depth... when I dial in the code or say
"extensions" I just get the VRU telling me it doesn't recognise what I said
as a keyword Is this maybe geography specific?
Xposted to off-topic.geek but not sure where this belongs either!
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