[gopher] Gopher 2.0?

[Kevin Veroneau]

I have put together a rather quick GopherRTC client, so you no longer require 
your phone number to be called, and only need to press a button and have a PC 
with a speaker and microphone attached:

gopher://gopher.veroneau.net/happs/guestbook2/rtc

Also, although your browser may ask for Flash when accessing this page, you 
can safely say "No", as flash is used by Twilio as an alternative method over 
the newer WebRTC standard.  I tested it without enabling flash, and it worked 
perfectly.  You can listen and view my transcribed text in the guestbook.

I have also made the source code available as well, if you run into any 
troubles getting it working, let me know and I'll help you out:

gopher://gopher.veroneau.net/0apps/guestbook2/source.txt

On Monday, January 25, 2016 05:26:55 PM Kevin Veroneau wrote:
> Thanks to another fellow gopher user, I just found out that my calling plan
> doesn't currently have International calling enabled which makes me a sad
> mole.  While international calls are rather cheap, it's the process of
> requesting approval to enable international calling that makes this a
> no-go.  I won't be able to request every country to be whitelisted easily,
> as the so-called "business case" for this would be difficult to explain in
> the request form.
> 
> So, I am saddened to say, that this will only work with north American
> numbers... and maybe Mexico.  Could anybody from Mexico try?
> 
> As a result, I am now planning on releasing the full source code required
> to make this work for those interested in the inner workings of this mole.
>  This mole goes through an online service some of you may know called
> twilio.  They offer trial accounts at no charge if you want to play around
> and experiment.  They are very affordable if you do plan on upgrading to a
> full account.  They supply both voice and texting services.
> 
> I will be making note of this limitation in the guestbook, and later
> include a link to a tutorial and source code for getting something similar
> setup yourself.
> 
> This limitation even saddens me more, as I was planning on hosting a
> virtual GopherCon using twilio's very powerful global conferencing tools.
>  A conference room could host everybody who works on gopher projects, and
> for those interested in the technology to speak and easily be heard.
> 
> However, if everyone here is still interested in having a virtual
> GopherCon.  Twilio thankfully also supports WebRTC, which can technically
> be an HTML5 page hosted in gopherspace.  All you'd need to connect is a
> working headset or just speakers, depending on you would like to present
> or not.  For said GopherCon, both PSTN and WebRTC callers will be
> supported, so those in North America can connect using a standard landline
> or mobile device.  While our overseas gopher friends can connect through
> WebRTC, using OverbiteFF and the mentioned HTML5 page.
> 
> I may even test the WebRTC component with adding that as an option to use
> the guestbook.  This way, as long as you are using OverbiteFF, and have a
> microphone, you can try out the guestbook without even using a hardware
> phone.
> 
>   Original Message  
> From:aepedia at yandex.ru
> Sent:January 23, 2016 2:16 PM
> To:gopher-project at lists.alioth.debian.org
> Subject:Re: [gopher] Gopher 2.0?
> 
> Maybe, maybe, I just use my phone very rarely
> 
> > On the Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 07:46:54PM +0100, NN NN blubbered:
> > 
> > Hi.
> > 
> >>> By that measure, *anything* involving Gopher is 'rather useless'.
> >> 
> >> Maybe. But I would like to say that an unlimited internet
> >> connection is far cheaper. SMS messages are very expensive.
> >> As communication type they are dead at least 5 years.
> > 
> > I don't know about you, but I have unlimited SMS/MMS. Along with
> > unlimited calls and Internet, that is.
> > 
> > CU, Venty
> > 
> > --
> > „Wollen Sie mir gütigst sagen,“ fragte Alice etwas furchtsam,
> > denn sie wusste nicht recht, ob es sich für sie schicke zuerst
> > zu sprechen, „warum Ihre Katze so grinst?“
> > „Es ist eine Grinse-Katze,“ sagte die Herzogin, „darum!“ 😻
> > 
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