THE PROGRAM
The start-up idea for this program was, to simplify and ease the
process of paying utility bills by phone - using kind of
"smart-dialer" which can memorize and play back DTMF (Touch-Tone
tm) sequences. During the development of this application it
occurred to me that with a little added flexibility, range of
potential uses for this gizmo could be much wider. Therefore -
open script format, and support for external sound
files.
Enclosed README.TXT contains QUICK START section
providing step by step example on how to use it. Beside,
interface itself is intuitive enough. Therfore if you had no
troubles getting around telephone - you will master this device
in no time.
Please Note: This is preliminary (read: pre-beta)
release. While this build seems to be pretty stable, there is
still lots of things to do. Most importantly - in this release
output is limited only to audio (Sound Card -> Speaker)
output. Final release will utilize Windows TAPI (to use dialing
capabilities of most contemporary Voice Fax/Modems).It is going
to make DD more aware of surrounding world =)
POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS
* Any Touch-Tone accesible service
* Recurring bill payments
* Subscriptions
* Utility payments
* Various Phone-Banking procedures
* Prepaid Calling-Cards
* Ordering goods and services
and more...
ADVANTAGES
Interface
* Only _one_ program window.
* Familiar RECORD / PLAY interface.
* Visual feedback during RECORD and PLAYBACK.
* User friendly clues for every operation.
Scripts
* Scripts are plain text files.
* Full control over script execution.
* Script file size /NOT TESTED
* Script line length /NOT TESTED
* Only two commands to learn, to make script work.
Application
* fast and compact, whole written in C++.
* small footprint (both memory and disk-space).
* does not makes any changes to registry.
* no extra files needed / installed beyond program directory.
* very thread savvy - put little strain on the system.
* to remove just delete program directory.
SCRIPT REPOSITORY
I am going to provide script repository on this site. You can
check here for latest scripts that was not included in standard
distribution of DD. I intend to organize them by
country/location, as most of dial-up services are used locally.
So check first if script - you need is already available. Also if
you have made some useful script - you are welcome to send it
in.
Copyright © 2002
Piotr J. Walczak
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