Call in and record a MP3

March 19, 2009 11:42 AM

How do Drop.io , Tumblr, and other services have a phone number that you can call in and it records a MP3 of the conversation? I want to add features like that to a site and I'm working on in my spare time and I have no idea how to even start.
posted by petethered to computers & internet (5 comments total)

I've been using BrainCast to do this for a while.
posted by niles at 11:45 AM on March 19, 2009

The Metafilter podcast uses Grand Central.
posted by borkencode at 12:21 PM on March 19, 2009

Twilio?
posted by miyabo at 12:51 PM on March 19, 2009

drop.io has an api that you can use.
posted by snickerdoodle at 2:09 PM on March 19, 2009

Another vote for Twilio. It is wicked awesome, and the pricing is very reasonable. Also, I'm a php newbie, and even I can interact with the API. Good stuff.
posted by stuboo at 2:40 PM on March 19, 2009