Company
Date Published
Author
Marcus Battle
Word count
1949
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The author, Marcus Battle, shares his experience with creating a Teacher-Parent Broadcast App using Laravel 6.0 and Twilio's Voice API to broadcast pre-recorded messages to multiple phone numbers. The app enables parents to receive voice updates from their children's teachers, providing a more efficient and personalized way of communication. The application implements Laravel's authentication system, stores users' contact information in the database, and uses a console command to trigger the broadcast. The final step involves setting up an endpoint to play a custom voice message to each recipient.