Show HN: Talk Paper Scissors

Re:Show HN: Talk Paper Scissors by sneh_kagrana on Saturday December 23, 2023 @12:29PM (#38746032)

Whackiest game I came across haha! Is it possible to make it work via Whatsapp call? Might help international users.

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Re:Show HN: Talk Paper Scissors by gregsadetsky on Saturday December 23, 2023 @12:44PM (#38746205)

ah, truly sorry we don't support that! whatsapp messaging (i.e. sms) API is a thing -- but takes a lot of effort to get setup & approved.

for voice... I truly don't know. it seems possible via some very entreprise-y twilio solutions, but it's not simple.

sorry again about this! if anyone knows the whatsapp (or telegram?) to pstn/phone channel?? stuff well - let me know here! thanks!

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Re:Show HN: Talk Paper Scissors by eieio on Saturday December 23, 2023 @12:42PM (#38746179)

Oh this is a great suggestion!

It's not immediately clear to me how we'd support this (just from some light searching) - I'm going to keep poking around but if anyone knows more about how to make this work I'd love to hear it :)

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Re:Show HN: Talk Paper Scissors by jay-barronville on Saturday December 23, 2023 @01:05PM (#38746429)

Instead of WhatsApp, why not build on Telegram? Telegram’s APIs are built quite well for this type of thing. You can still do it via voice messages [0] or you can even build what Telegram calls a Mini App [1]. And it’s all very straightforward and free!

[0]: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#voice

[1]: https://core.telegram.org/bots/webapps

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Re:Show HN: Talk Paper Scissors by cardamomo on Saturday December 23, 2023 @12:36PM (#38746110)

I second this suggestion. As someone who has also created whacky projects with Twilio, this was my #1 request from international users.

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