[VOIPSEC] Phone Parrot: The most obnoxious IVR application ever written (for Asterisk)

[Watson, David D.]

Spam is in the eye of the beholder. Sometimes mail from my boss meets common definitions, though I often find it useful to appear interested. But I didn't perceive Shawn was trying to sell us anything, just info on a new app with possible relevance to our group's charter.  The voice change was interesting.  How likely are you to disclose information to a voice you recognize as a coworker, versus a stranger or known competitor?  Suppose someone could emulate a colleague's voice to elicit sensitive info?  Voice recognition as a security measure is fairly commonly used.

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From: Voipsec-bounces at voipsa.org on behalf of Diana Cionoiu
Sent: Sun 9/3/2006 11:50 AM
To: Shawn Merdinger
Seems that VoIPSA has become a spam list.

Shawn Merdinger wrote:

>http://www.lobstertech.com/code/phoneparrot/
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>PhoneParrot is an IVR application for Asterisk that will repeat
>everything a person says in to the phone.
>...
>But phone parrot can do more than just repeat what a person says! Here
>are some of the cool features:
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>    * Apply voice change effect to repeated voice (Only if
>libsoundtouch4c is installed and phone parrot is compiled from source)
>    * Play random sound clip if caller rambles on for too long
>    * Greet with random sound clip in response to first thing caller says
>    * ToDo: Repeat things previously said in conversation
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