Android App: Conference Call Dialer
Duncan SampleAfter a week of my first android application being in the Market, an introduction to the app itself.
My application has gotten off to a great start in the Android Market. Over 100 downloads and over 65% active installations. So, what does the app do?
Well, it's a pretty simple application in the grand scheme of things. It just stores sets of numbers in a database, displays them as if they were contacts. The numbers relate to conference room numbers and PINs, and with a single tap on an item in the list, the phone starts dialing the preconfigured conference switchboard/bridge number and types in the right numbers to access the room, including pauses and hash key presses.
I haven't taken any screenshots of the app, since it's not very pretty, and it really is pretty simple, but I may add some more with later versions if I add some more complex elements.
Like many small applications, I made it to 'scratch my own itch', so that I wouldn't have to add several 'voice conference' contacts to the standard Contacts app, instead I could keep a completely separate list dedicated to conferences.
You can get information about installing the application over on my new Android microsite.
For anyone wondering, the test conferencing system (which is the only one I can currently say it works for consistently) is Elisa Finland's voice conference service. The numbers are completely customisable though, so don't let that stop you trying it out, it should work fine with your provider too.
The code is released as open source, and you're welcome to take it, use it in any way you like, and if you make any good additions to it, let me know and I'll put them in the official release. If you don't know how to code, you can still suggest new features, or tell me about any bugs you might encounter
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http://conferencecalls.com/
Just just a novice here, and new android user --Captivate Android 2.1.....
after many years of palm treo.... before Pre, and most recently for the past 2 years the very nice E71 unlocked.
I must say the Android user experience so far is fast and fairly clean, not as complicated as Nokia.
Would appreciate your thoughts/feasibility on developing an android list/call automatic dialer app that would leverage Google Voice for dialing --in sequence-- a roster of phone numbers to deliver voice messages from the phone/google contacts list---say up to 100 in sequence for small organizations and home use.
Currently many fee based sophisticated web/cloud dialers exist such as
www.call-em-all.com These utilize sophistcated web based telecom infrastructure and can push out 100s of custom voice messages in minutes. They offer many options and render reports. Nice but pricey for small occasional users.
Such an android app would simply connect with the user's google voice number and dial and connect with US numbers one by one in sequence and deliver a brief voice recording to each and automatically hang up...and process through each call until all delivered or attempted up to ..say.. 3 times. Then generate an brief email report of successful completions to the user when concluded.
This app could fetch a nice one time price when compared to the typical fee based services. The best thing would be that it would be mobile based and allow the user to quickly designate 5, 10, 20, or 30 numbers very quickly, record a voice message, and send all in a few minutes for sending out a last minute change, update , or reminder.
No such mobile app currently exists to my knowledge. There are some text dialers i think, but with the roll-out of google voice taking care of the telecom part, it seems this might now be feasible.
What think ye?
Dave