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Tips on recording reminders via voice using Dial2Do and GoPingMe
I wanted a service that would remind me to do something in the future then pester me until I did it. GoPingMe.com looks like a good answer. I worked out how to use it with Dial2Do so I thought I'd share it here.
NOTE: I don't use the native Dial2Do reminder service because you can't set a time in the future to be reminded on.
SET UP
* Sign up at http://www.dial2do.com/home
* Click on the green "Do More" tab at the top
* Click on the purple "Make your own command!" tab on the top right
* In the say field, type "Ping me" (or whatever you prefer)
* In the "Do what?" field, select "Record and email". This will change the final field to "Email who?"
* In the "Email who?" field, put in your private GoPingMe address
* Click on the grey "add" button
USING DIAL2DO & GOPINGME
* Ring the Dial2Do number
* The voice says, "What would you like to do?
* You say, "Ping me"
* The voice says, "Ping me. Okay please record your message. [beep]
* You record your message (see below)
* The voices says, "That's done."
* You hang up
TIPS ON RECORDING YOUR MESSAGE
You need to say the word "space" after the initial time and again after the repeat/pester me etc instruction.
E.g. Let's say you want to remind yourself to ring your dad in 10 minutes and to pester yourself every 10 minutes until you do.
Say: "10 minutes space ring dad p colon 10 space". Dial2Do will transcribe this as: "1 minute does this work again? P:10 ." (A fullstop is added, but not directly after the number.) You'll then get the message "does this work again?" to your GoPingMe email/mobile repeatedly every 10 minutes. Very nifty.
IF YOU DON'T SAY "SPACE", IT WON'T WORK
However, if you don't say space after the time and the repeat/pester instruction, Dial2Do inserts a fullstop as the very next character. GoPingMe doesn't recognise the time or repeat/pester instruction if there's an extra fullstop straight after, and so you get an error message.
E.g. In my first attempt, I said: "two minutes does this repeat reminder arrive p colon 7". This was transcribed: "2 minutes. Does this repeat reminder arrive. P:7." - notice the fullstop immediately after the "minutes" and "7". I then got an "Need help? Sorry I couldn't do this." message from GoPingMe. So looks like you need the spaces.
Anyway, hope this helps some people.
NOTE: I don't use the native Dial2Do reminder service because you can't set a time in the future to be reminded on.
SET UP
* Sign up at http://www.dial2do.com/home
* Click on the green "Do More" tab at the top
* Click on the purple "Make your own command!" tab on the top right
* In the say field, type "Ping me" (or whatever you prefer)
* In the "Do what?" field, select "Record and email". This will change the final field to "Email who?"
* In the "Email who?" field, put in your private GoPingMe address
* Click on the grey "add" button
USING DIAL2DO & GOPINGME
* Ring the Dial2Do number
* The voice says, "What would you like to do?
* You say, "Ping me"
* The voice says, "Ping me. Okay please record your message. [beep]
* You record your message (see below)
* The voices says, "That's done."
* You hang up
TIPS ON RECORDING YOUR MESSAGE
You need to say the word "space" after the initial time and again after the repeat/pester me etc instruction.
E.g. Let's say you want to remind yourself to ring your dad in 10 minutes and to pester yourself every 10 minutes until you do.
Say: "10 minutes space ring dad p colon 10 space". Dial2Do will transcribe this as: "1 minute does this work again? P:10 ." (A fullstop is added, but not directly after the number.) You'll then get the message "does this work again?" to your GoPingMe email/mobile repeatedly every 10 minutes. Very nifty.
IF YOU DON'T SAY "SPACE", IT WON'T WORK
However, if you don't say space after the time and the repeat/pester instruction, Dial2Do inserts a fullstop as the very next character. GoPingMe doesn't recognise the time or repeat/pester instruction if there's an extra fullstop straight after, and so you get an error message.
E.g. In my first attempt, I said: "two minutes does this repeat reminder arrive p colon 7". This was transcribed: "2 minutes. Does this repeat reminder arrive. P:7." - notice the fullstop immediately after the "minutes" and "7". I then got an "Need help? Sorry I couldn't do this." message from GoPingMe. So looks like you need the spaces.
Anyway, hope this helps some people.
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Inappropriate?Beautiful - thanks Dougal! We love this sort of thing at Dial2Do. If there's any new feature, or niggle with the service, or anything we can help with - please let us know!
Cheers, Sean (CTO) - sos "at" dial2do "dot" com
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Inappropriate?Oops, made a mistake in the example I gave above (copied and pasted the wrong one). It should have read...
...Say: "10 minutes space ring dad p colon 10 space". Dial2Do will transcribe this as: "10 minutes ring dad P:10 ."
Hope this makes sense. Glad you found it useful Sean.
Cheers,
Dougal
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