• dan@upvote.au
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    Voicemail’s definitely not dead.

    I can’t find any voicemail services that work the way I want them to though, so I started building my own using Twilio to handle the incoming phone call + ElevenLabs for text-to-speech + AssemblyAI for speech-to-text + Trestle Smart CNAM API for identifying the caller. I’ll open-source the code once it’s ready.

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    6 hours ago

    Since when is voicemail dead? It’s vital for when I miss a call from a healthcare provider, pharmacy, contractor, service provider … do y’all just sit in a sealed box all day?

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      I send all unknown calls to voice mail. I’ve had my carrier disable voice mail for my phone line.
      My providers all use email or are ‘known’ by my phone. … I hope.

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        So when the new specialty pharmacy phones you for details on where to send your prescription, you’re just gonna … not?

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      6 hours ago

      no, I call my doctors or other services to verify dates… voicemail is abused by spammers so I never listen to them

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        I get tons of spam calls and basically zero spam voicemail 🤷‍♂️

        Plus with most carriers being able to transcribe voicemails I don’t even need to listen to them.

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    I do love the oatmeal, but everything he does now is just for money. He’s probably just got a team of writers at this point.

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      What makes you say that? The website seems way less ad heavy or monetized than most webcomic sites. I dont even see a link for a patreon or any sort of paywall. Theres one trailer for his netflix show but thats barely even self promotion, and doesnt come close to the shameless levels of nearly begging that a lot of webcomic artists do.

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    Voicemail? Dead? Naww, it’s better than ever. If you get that far spit something out so I can read the transcription or I’ll straight up block your ass and forget you for eternity. Never do a callback if it’s one of those scam robocall ring-and-hangup shits

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      5 hours ago

      If you’re a usual person, then “boo-hoo, people are so scared to be blocked by you”.
      If you’re a moderator or something, you’re evil and unfit the position.

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    I think it’s early to declare voicemail dead. It was alive and kicking when I checked mine last Christmas…or was that Christmas 2019? Maybe I should check on it again.

    And I’ve been assured that my work voicemail is definitely setup and functional. I trust the team that sets those things up, and I’m confident that it’s doing it’s job… whatever it’s for.

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      Hahahaha, have my upvote.

      Yea, we don’t bother at work. You know I called, don’t waste your time listening to a message. If I called, it was urgent, get back to me as quick as you can.

      Otherwise I’m gonna send you a message to setup a call.

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    I want to sit down with the person who brought voice notes to Hinge, and ask them why the fuck they thought dating by voicemail was a good idea.