asterisk users - Jun 2005 - Asterisk Google API applications - $4500 bounties available

In conjunction with my last post on Tellme I want to write another
suggestion for an application I had.

 

I don't know if you guys have come across Google Gas
http://www.ahding.com/cheapgas 

 

But basically it is an application that this guy has developed using the
Google API to search an online database on gas prices in your area. 

 

One of my strong beliefs about how Asterisk is going to leave the
"Commercial" IP-PBX vendors behind is by leveraging the open source
community to write voice driven applications for Asterisk. The weather
app written for asterisk@home is great example.
(http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=3004652 the WAF on this
was worth setting up asterisk alone, she checks this every morning for
NY weather).

 

I was also hoping that the www.tellme.com <http://www.tellme.com/>  and
www.studio.tellme.com <http://www.studio.tellme.com/>  tools would also
stimulate this area. People should also check out www.angel.com
<http://www.angel.com/>  for other ideas on best of breed speech
applications.

 

The suggestion I would like to make is that someone use the Google api
to write code for a directions application.

 

You could use Tellme to deliver the current address and the destination
address into the Google API and then use text to speech to read back the
directions. With enough finessing this could compete with any of the
current commercial direction solutions that are out there and because
it's asterisk your cost base could be extremely minimal.

 

Hell you might even get paid for it
http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html

 

 

Just a suggestion, any thoughts? Are there any other speech driven apps
being used today?

 

Cheers,

Dean

 

 

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Btw here is an article on google maps that I wrote about the other day.

 

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/Map-hacks-make-data-come-alive/200
5/06/16/1118869033845.html 

 

This is one of the best examples for www.craigslist.com
<http://www.craigslist.com/>  I have ever seen http://housingmaps.com/

 

 

Cheers,

Dean

 

 

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From: Dean Collins 
Sent: Wednesday, 1 June 2005 10:11 AM
To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
Subject: Asterisk Google API applications - $4500 bounties available

 

In conjunction with my last post on Tellme I want to write another
suggestion for an application I had.

 

I don't know if you guys have come across Google Gas
http://www.ahding.com/cheapgas 

 

But basically it is an application that this guy has developed using the
Google API to search an online database on gas prices in your area. 

 

One of my strong beliefs about how Asterisk is going to leave the
"Commercial" IP-PBX vendors behind is by leveraging the open source
community to write voice driven applications for Asterisk. The weather
app written for asterisk@home is great example.
(http://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=3004652 the WAF on this
was worth setting up asterisk alone, she checks this every morning for
NY weather).

 

I was also hoping that the www.tellme.com <http://www.tellme.com/>  and
www.studio.tellme.com <http://www.studio.tellme.com/>  tools would also
stimulate this area. People should also check out www.angel.com
<http://www.angel.com/>  for other ideas on best of breed speech
applications.

 

The suggestion I would like to make is that someone use the Google api
to write code for a directions application.

 

You could use Tellme to deliver the current address and the destination
address into the Google API and then use text to speech to read back the
directions. With enough finessing this could compete with any of the
current commercial direction solutions that are out there and because
it's asterisk your cost base could be extremely minimal.

 

Hell you might even get paid for it
http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html

 

 

Just a suggestion, any thoughts? Are there any other speech driven apps
being used today?

 

Cheers,

Dean

 

 

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