[*] [Fwd: [on-asterisk] Re: asterisk meets the z-machine!]

[John Lange]

I found this on another list.

A few months back someone in our group (was it you Sean?) was looking
for something to try implementing with AGI scripts.

I thought this was a hilarious and great idea.

-------- Forwarded Message --------
> On 07/08/05, Simon P. Ditner <spditner at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yes, it's finally here!
> >
> > http://uc.org/read/Zasterisk
> >
> > I was tinkering with Asterisk and the Festival text-to-speech engine,
> > and wrote some short Asterisk::AGI scripts to read back live weather
> > reports. After that, I thought I needed something more interactive to
> > work with...
> >
> > Then I had a flashback to 1996, first year university, standing in the
> > C & O club at the University of Waterloo, where someone had just
> > pulled out their US Robotics Palm Pilot and started up Zork. A couple
> > of hours later, after a quick trip to the campus computer store, I was
> > playing Zork in the palm of my hand!
> >
> > Now Zork is back! Listen as the eerie voice of Festival takes you into
> > the Underground Empire, and marvel as you explore this world with your
> > dial pad, unlocking the secrets within! What will Asterisk bring us
> > next? The future is open!
> >
> > Note that some more commands need to be implemented before you can
> > actually -enter- the underground empire. For now you can just futz
> > around on the surface. See $dtmf_translation in
> > Asterisk/Games/Zork/ZIO_Asterisk.pm for number-to-phrase translations.
> >
> > All input welcome ;-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Simon P. Ditner
> >
> > | First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you,
> > then you win.
> > | -- Mohandas Gandhi
> >
> 
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