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*We
need your help!* For
years now I have provided this program to the masses
at no charge whatsoever. The program has gotten popular
beyond belief - this is wonderful, however I can no
longer afford to pay for the hosting fees associated
with this. I am asking that if you enjoy this program
(or anything else you see on unaesthetic.net), please
support us. I am working on a new version - but that
will never see the light of day unless this hosting
problem is resolved. If you can afford even one dollar,
please do not hesitate to contribute. Again, thank you,
loyal Shit Talker fans - you're the best.
How-To
Page
This is where I'll attempt to give you a few pointers
on how to make Shit-Talker more fun for you, and maximize
productivity for your company.
Click
here for screen shot.
Using
Shit-Talker
At first glance S.T. may seem a little overwhelming.
That's due to two things: bad layout, and lack of room
to put buttons. Ok, so most of it is just a bunch
of random questions, statements, and responses.
S.T. attempts to achive what we like to call "jamming
radar". Jamming radar, simply put, is the act of
confusing somebody so badly that they only thing they
can hear is the sound of gears grinding in thier head.
However, there is some method behind the madness.
S.T. is layed out so that you can attempt to carry on
a conversation without too much awkward silence on the
phone. The best thing you can do to combat this problem
is to familiarize yourself with the interface, and practice
a lot. Remember, the key here is to make people think
that they are talking to a real (messed-up) person.
I gurentee you'll get a better response than "Hi,
is your refrigerator running?....". ST is
actually just a front end for "DocTalker"
(pictured below), a program that will convert text into
speech. Another nice feature is that S.T. can
say anything without laughing, so it won't give the
joke away.
Recording
your calls
There are many ways to go about recording your calls.
You can get a cheepo suction-cup type mic from Radio
Shack, which just sticks to the back of the receiver.
While this will work, I don't recommend it because the
quality sucks and they tend to pickup background noise.
There are also small devices you can get that
will tap directly into the line, and have audio outputs.
Very convenient. Just plug into any tape recorder or
the input jack on your computer's sound card.
My methods are similar, but homemade. I just cracked
the phone open, and attached wires to the existing audio
output. I then ran those to the stereo recorder.
In any situation it helps to have a comrade man the
controls at the recording studio. If you get any
good (funny) recordings of S.T. in operation, mail them
to me at: jaundice@unaesthetic.net
, and we'll post them on the page in Real Audio format.
Update:
I've been getting
a lot of e.mail about using the computer to dial out
and having S.T. do it's magic through the modem. This
feature is not available yet, but I am looking into
what kind of work it would take to do that. In the mean
time the best way to use S.T. over the phone is simply
to have two phones. One phone for your computer's speakers
to "talk" into, and a second phone for you
to listen in on. If you have mute on the second phone,
that helps reduce the background noise (and the chance
of you laughing into the phone).
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