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Adding Background Noise To Your Phone Call

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the science-finally-pays-off dept.

lww writes "By way of a Gizmodo article, you can now add your own background noise to a cell phone call. A company called Simeda is offering a product called SounderCover that allows you to play selected background noises such as traffic, construction, and even the dentist during your phone call. The possibilities are endless! 'Hi honey, I'm going to be late -- I'm stuck in the middle of a circus parade...Bye! Hey Joe, another round for me and the boys...what? Oh, whoops *click*'"

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  1. sad by U.I.D+754625 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is perfect for you guys on a leash out there, however, if my SO wouldn't let me go to the bar after work, she wouldn't be around much longer. What is wrong with simple communication and understanding in relationships today??

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    1. Re:sad by Planesdragon · · Score: 3, Insightful

      however, if my SO wouldn't let me go to the bar after work, she wouldn't be around much longer. What is wrong with simple communication and understanding in relationships today??

      Psst, you're supposed to either bring the alcohol HOME, or take the S.O. OUT. Going off and having fun without them is very rarely conducive to a good relationship; at the very least, you have to invite them, even if you think that they'll say no.

  2. Really by jeffkjo1 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ok, so who exactly is the targeted audience for this?
    Construction workers that cheat on their wives that tell them they're working on a Saturday?

    I really don't get it.

  3. The cheap bastard's version by bobdotorg · · Score: 3, Insightful

    My brother used to do this all the time while he was an outside salesman with a three state route:

    1. roll out of motel bed way late with raging hangover
    2. turn on television and tune to a frequency with static
    3. turn volume way up and phone work assuring then that you're already on the road to your first appointment

    The static sounds just like wind / road noise while driving.

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  4. Saw this in MAD Magazine once... by Robotech_Master · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...or at least in one of the old compilation paperback books of MAD gags. It was a piece on telephones of the future, and there was this phone with all these pushbuttons to add various sound effects like "coughing" "office" "dentist" and so on.

    Once again, life imitates art.

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