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I would like to see a service where if someone had a long text message they wanted to send to a friend using their cell phone they could call a number.. like *123 and get an operator to type out their message for them instead of having to use your alpha numeric keys on your cell phone. You could charge
say 50 cents above and beyond the normal text messaging fees.
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don't messages have a maximum length? I often get a note to say that some text is missing. you could always call if you have that much to say! |
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Instead of typing an SMS message, you want to speak to someone who will type it for you? Why not just speak to the person you're going to send the SMS to?
I agree that the method of keying SMS is - how can I put it - cretinous, but then I find the entire concept pointless anyway.
[po]: Yes, they do. 160 characters. |
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I use e-mail for the longer stuff. It offers some advantages. |
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<Vaguely Off Topic> In the UK at least, you can already do the reverse. Some networks allow you to send messages to a landline. This is then read out by a robotic voice. Have never tried it and would be too tempted to give the voice nonsense words to read out. </VOT> |
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Not a bad idea. Welcome to the Bakery [mlingley]. |
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It would be fun to try to dictate ASCII art to the operator. |
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hey h.t. some of our students report in sick with this method - spooky! |
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[ht] in similar offtopic vein, I can heartily recommend getting the robot voice to read out 'bring bring bring bing bing bing' - much better than the crazy frog. Also, her rendition of 'I just can't get you out of my head' is an excellent present to send to someone, especially someone fond of speaker phones. I t's like having your own instant dictionaroke... |
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You could dictate it to a text message and have it sent to a landline where it would be read back into sound! |
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Bassically a modern telegraph. |
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//You could dictate it to a text message and have it sent to a landline where it would be read back into sound!// that's exactly what we were saying but without the middleman. |
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I think I said that, way up there --^, but yes, it's the obvious alternative. |
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There are a number of cell phones out there now that feature a full qwerty keyboard (using very small buttons) for those of you who simply must text your urgently important news about what the hottie in the next cubicle ate for lunch. Check out a Palm Treo 650, the Nokia 6820, RIm's Blackberry 7100 (all available in Canada). And while you are at it, get a life. Then learn to use predictive text entry. |
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As an alternative, get a felt marker and write out your message, take a picture of your written message with a camera phone, then send the photo to your friend's phone. Saves all that bothersome typing. |
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