TechCrunch – VoiceRSS January 19, 2009
For the readers of TechCrunch, here is a simple way to stay informed about new posts. Just click on the widget below and new posts will be read out to you.
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Click the button below or call +15672449719 to run the application.
Embedding this widget is very simple too. Just cut and paste this code on your website.
<div id=”tringme99219″>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://login.tringme.com/widget.php?channel=tf4e6tas8v5c8n26be7axd3w461c4e&username=TechCrunch+Feeds&wtype=1&divid=tringme99219&beta=1“>
</script>
</div>
Here is the code behind the scenes that makes it all possible.
<?php
include_once ("rssutils.php");
echo "Welcome to Voice PHP RSS Reader demonstration.";
speak_rss('Tech Crunch', 'http://feedproxy.google.com/Techcrunch');
echo "Thank you for trying Voice PHP.";
// A simple function which speaks the RSS feeds
function speak_rss ($name, $url) {
// Get RSS feeds now from the selected feed source using a helper function
if (false == get_rss($url, 5, 1024, &$result)) {
return false;
}
$loop_count = 3;
while($loop_count) {
setvoiceoption("voicetype", "female");
echo("Reading news feeds from $name.
At any time, press 1 to get details on the feed,
press 3 to exit.");
for($count=0; $count < count($result); $count++) {
$choice = '';
$voicetype = ($count&1)?"female":"male";
setvoiceoption("voicetype", $voicetype);
$choice = prompt($result[$count]['title'], 1, 1, "dtmf:1");
if($choice == '1')
$choice = prompt($result[$count]['description'], 1, 1, "dtmf:1");
if($choice == '3')
return;
}
sleep(1);
$loop_count--;
}
} // End of function speak_rss
?>
Does'nt it look easy? Try VoicePHP for yourself and feel free to modify the above script. VoicePHP is easy and accessible from your free TringMe account. More details at http://voicephp.com/howitworks.html
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