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Building the IT Crowd Answering Machine with Twilio Functions and JavaScript
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Author
Dominik Kundel
Word Count
1,537
Language
English
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Summary
A Twilio Functions-based IT support hotline, inspired by the "Hello IT" machine from The IT Crowd, was built using JavaScript and Twilio's Programmable Voice features. The hotline uses speech recognition to gather user input, answering common IT support questions such as "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" and providing a link to Stack Overflow for more complex problems. The hotline can be tested by calling the provided phone numbers, with additional features such as custom sounds, smarter solution lookup, and email/Slack ticket submission planned for future development.