sounds/telephony

[Dar Scott]

On Sunday, February 15, 2004, at 02:25 PM, Ken Norris wrote:

> I must say I really
> miss HyperCard's "dial" command. Any chance of getting that feature 
> down the
> road? I.e., a replacement for:
>
> dial "1234567"
> -- or
> dial "1234567" with modem

But these are really at a toy level and awkward to use.

For games that have a phone to use the first might be used, but so can 
playing dial sounds.

For the latter, the utility is awkward, because of the need to take the 
phone off hook by hand and to hangup by hand.  There may be some uses 
where the ringing of the phone is the desired result.

Since these are straightforward to build, these might be better in 
somebody's goodies collection than in Revolution.  Or in tips.

Unfortunately, more serious phone control is more expensive or harder.  
One way to go is BlueTooth.  Another is a phone gadget that looks like 
serial to Revolution.

Dar Scott