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by sneh_kagrana 916 days ago
Whackiest game I came across haha! Is it possible to make it work via Whatsapp call? Might help international users.
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gregsadetsky 916 days ago
ah, truly sorry we don't support that! whatsapp messaging (i.e. sms) API is a thing -- but takes a lot of effort to get setup & approved.

for voice... I truly don't know. it seems possible via some very entreprise-y twilio solutions, but it's not simple.

sorry again about this! if anyone knows the whatsapp (or telegram?) to pstn/phone channel?? stuff well - let me know here! thanks!

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eieio 916 days ago
Oh this is a great suggestion!

It's not immediately clear to me how we'd support this (just from some light searching) - I'm going to keep poking around but if anyone knows more about how to make this work I'd love to hear it :)

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jay-barronville 916 days ago
Instead of WhatsApp, why not build on Telegram? Telegram’s APIs are built quite well for this type of thing. You can still do it via voice messages [0] or you can even build what Telegram calls a Mini App [1]. And it’s all very straightforward and free!

[0]: https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#voice

[1]: https://core.telegram.org/bots/webapps

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cardamomo 916 days ago
I second this suggestion. As someone who has also created whacky projects with Twilio, this was my #1 request from international users.
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