A possibility - but I don't know anyone who could reliably get (and hear and read) a text at, say, 3:00 am 365 days a year.
-----Original Message----- From: Phillip Vector [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 2:48 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Text to voice Though.. Now that I think about it.. Have you considered having someone get a text message and they then call the police? That may be a cheaper way to do it (and more clear when the police get the 911 call). On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Phillip Vector <[email protected]> wrote: > This MAY be of help.. > > http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/09/introduction-to-text-to > -speech-in.html > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Stephens, Larry V > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> We are working on an application that requires us to make a telephone call. >> It is an electronic allegory for a dead man's switch. We have a location >> with night watchmen who work alone. Worrying about them, since they work >> alone, we are developing a small application that will have the watchman log >> in at set intervals. If they fail to login, the app will send them a text >> reminder. If they still fail to login it will then contact our police >> department. >> >> There's the rub. We can't send the police a text and they don't monitor >> email. It has to be a voice message. It could even be a canned message. >> >> Can anyone point us to something that will do this that we can program from >> CF or VB? >> >> >> Larry V. Stephens >> Office of Risk Management >> Poplars 705 >> 812-855-9758 >> [email protected] >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342932 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
