phone-to-posted-audio Re: Re: [Chicago-tech] Re: [CIMC-working] Re: [IMC-Tech] automated audio-converti...

[Chris Kaihatsu]

All,

I like the instant-phone-audio-to-an-Indymedia-page more in theory than in =
practice.

I think any sort of Dispatch person is far more useful to us, in terms of r=
eceiving calls, interacting with the caller (who's in the field), taking =
notes, parsing to copy, and posting updates/routing calls. The Quebec Cit=
y operation was a template for how to do it properly and effectively....

I'm just concerned that the automated system, while impressive "on paper", =
may be a bit gimmicky, and less saturating, since it outputs raw audio, a=
nd not necessarily ready-to-digest news.

But I'm open....


Chris


-----Original Message-----
From: ChrisGeovanis@aol.com
To: ianb@colorstudy.com, Don.Goldhamer@pobox.com
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 14:41:23 EST=20
Subject: Re: [Chicago-tech] Re: [CIMC-working] Re: [IMC-Tech] automated aud=
io-converti...

ok, this is so totally an excellent idea, particularly in light of the=20
possiblity that chicago w/host the G8 in 2004. can we do this?

christine

In a message dated 11/4/02 2:15:14 AM Central Standard Time,=20
ianb@colorstudy.com writes:


> Subj:[Chicago-tech] Re: [CIMC-working] Re: [IMC-Tech] automated=20
> audio-converting scripts=20
> Date:11/4/02 2:15:14 AM Central Standard Time
> From:<A HREF=3D"mailto:ianb@colorstudy.com">ianb@colorstudy.com</A>
> To:<A HREF=3D"mailto:Don.Goldhamer@pobox.com">Don.Goldhamer@pobox.com</A>
> CC:<A HREF=3D"mailto:IMC-Chicago-Working@lists.indymedia.org">IMC-Chicago=
-Working@lists.indymedia.org</A>, <A HREF=3D"mailto:Chicago-Tech@lists.in=
dymedia.org">
> Chicago-Tech@lists.indymedia.org</A>
> Sent from the Internet=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Yes, PIMP in particular looks very cool (and being a full
> implementation).  I could definitely see how it would be useful for
> giving live (-ish) coverage of a protest.  I was impressed with SF
> coverage of Oct 26, in part because it was so timely (though I imagine
> just by way of cell phone and people on the other end transcribing and
> updating the site -- nothing high tech is really necessary).
>=20
> I do happen to know someone who has at least some knowledge of
> phone/Linux stuff, and might be willing to help -- the PIMP stuff would
> involve hooking a computer to the phone system (practically it might
> have to be a dedicated number).  Of course, it would also be very cool
> if we could get it to be an answering machine that emails us
> (potentially encrypted) messages so we don't have to check the analog
> machine.  But that would just be a side benefit.
>=20
> Anyway, if we can get the computer to turn the phone call into an audio
> file, it could definitely be uploaded to the newswire.  I don't know how
> good the end product would sound, though, coming from a phone and
> potentially without editing.  It could also be put in a holding area for
> someone to edit.
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> Other people have suggested using cellular text messaging to post
> articles.  This would probably involve an email gateway to the newswire,
> but we'd have to protect it since spamming would be so easy (like only
> accept emails from known addresses).  Technically, though, it's not too
> difficult.  You could also produce real material this way, since you can
> edit text but not a phone call.
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>   Ian
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> On Wed, 1969-12-31 at 17:59, donald goldhamer wrote:
> > Would a process like that noted below be of use to us?
> > --Don
> >                 ---------------
> >=20
> > Subject: Re: [IMC-Tech] automated audio-converting scripts
> > From: "Michael McCarron" <autonomous@mutualaid.org>
> > To: <imc-tech@indymedia.org>
> > Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 20:50:41 -0800 (PST)
> > Keywords: iimct
> >=20
> > Donald Bowyer said:
> > > A while back someone (Toni or Anton maybe) talked about a system
> > > within one of the actives that worked with a touch tone phone. IIRC,
> > > the person did some sort of set up beforehand, and then they could =
=20
> call
> > > a number, record the report, punch in a code and it went right  up. O=
r
> > > maybe someone had to process it. It sounded pretty useful at  the tim=
e,
> > > though I didn't snap
> >=20
> > > ANyone know what I am refering to. I looked through the archives for
> > > awhile, but I don't even know if someone refered to this in passing  =
or
> > > whether it was an actual subject. It was in this year.
> >=20
> > > Thanks
> > > Don
> >=20
> > I have worked on systems like this using the voxeo platform,
> > http://community.voxeo.com we have occassionally used phoned in reports
> > from the streets that were then uploaded by a tech. I have also coded a
> > system that automatically uploaded to a website using CXML. VoiceXML wi=
th
> > PHP can do the trick pretty easily.
> >=20
> > I believe the melbourne IMC using something called the PIMP.
> >=20
> > http://melbourne.indymedia.org/pimp.php3
> >=20
> > Hope that helps.
> >=20
> > --Salim
> >=20
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