h a l f b a k e r y"It would work, if you can find alternatives to each of the steps involved in this process."
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A phone line that reads a story to you in page-sized chunks,
followed by prompts where you can choose alternative paths
of action by pressing numbers on the keypad.
This could be presented either as a premium-rate
entertainment service, or simply as a means to keep callers
interested and occupied
while awaiting their turn in the
queue.
Enhancements might include speech recognition ("take
lamp").
Computerdial / F.I.S.T.
http://fightingfant...m/wiki/Computerdial System used for phone-based Fighting Fantasy game in the 80s [prufrax, Dec 02 2010]
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I suppose there is a school of thought which maintains that present phone menu systems work as a version of this already, albeit with crushingly mundane story options and a superfluity of disgruntled stoners operating as grue. |
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Baked in the UK in the late 80s. See link. |
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"Elementary my dear Watson, you see the murderer is...." |
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"MegaNational Insurance Company, can I help you?" |
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This idea could usher in a new era of phone sex. |
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