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Adding Background Noise To Your Phone Call

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. Excellent! by smr2x · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can talk on the phone while having sex... I'll just play some nice traffic jam noises... No one will be any wiser!

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    1. Re:Excellent! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      your currently reading /. what are the odds that you will be having sex?

    2. Re:Excellent! by zapp · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh come on, this is slashdot!
      You'll be stuck in traffic, with sex background noise to try and convince your friends you're actually gettin some ;)

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    3. Re:Excellent! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hey... Many years ago, I did something close to this with a "soundfx" cd. My GF at the time had a very strick family. She worked in a hospital. Well, a track of background hospital noise and a phone call from my bedroom (wiggly eyebrows) and we have a few extra hours! WOOT.

  2. I'll buy the one by Shut+the+fuck+up! · · Score: 5, Funny

    that makes my phone sound like it's losing the connection so I can get out of boring conversations easily.

  3. Even Better by deathcow · · Score: 5, Funny


    Now you can play noises of having sex while you talk on the phone.

  4. 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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  5. Is there a.. by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sex sound dial?

    Whoops! Telemarketer called. With the OHGODYES!!WoW!AAAAAAAaaaaa... in the background, theyre going to hang up preeeeety quick ;-)

    Course, if your wife calls wit hthis setting on. Uh-oh.

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    1. Re:Is there a.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I am sure all of slashdot would have that ringer, and it would lose its effectiveness rather quickly.

      - "oh Jeff, I can't make it to D and D tonight, I am with a lady tonight, maybe next week."

      "shut up Randy, I have the same ringer, don't try to pull a fast one on me!"

      - "okay... I will be over in 15."

  6. Seems to require a Nokia... by rjstanford · · Score: 5, Informative
    Although I do have to confess that I love this one from their website:
    Is one of your mates a chronic talker that just doesn't know when to stop? Use the Phone Ring 15s background and your friend will hear a phone ring 6 times, 15 seconds into the call. Tell him that your other phone is ringing and that you have to go.
    Especially since you can start the background noise at any point during the conversation. Oh, so tempting...
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  7. Just the Thing! by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    Just the thing for the Lonely Guy!

    "Hi! Hey, I'm at a really swinging party right now, but sure I think I can pull myself away for a bit!"

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  8. Boss... by jjsjeff · · Score: 5, Funny

    Play keyboard clicking sounds when he calls me on the phone so it sounds like I'm working.... :)

  9. Same solution for Video phones by lewko · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Background noise only works on voice calls. If you are using a 3G Video phone, you're busted!

    Until this came along.

    A special setting will allow owners of 3G phones to select the video background of their choice before answering a call.

    "Hi honey... I'm just in church. Be home soon."

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  10. even better excuses by SoupGuru · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Honey, who was that moaning in the background when I called you earlier?"

    "No one, baby. It's just one of those silly background noises you can download."

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  11. Anyone stupid enough to use their "traffic jam"... by catbutt · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...sound here will get busted. Too many horns. I'd know it was fake and I'd think most people would.

  12. How About Bathroom Noises by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've learned this trick works well with both annoying ex-girlfriends and customers...

    At the end of a long conversation walk into your bathroom and flush the toilet. Keep the phone about five feet away from the toilet so that it's audible but not blatant. Do that everytime you end your conversation with the person.

    Eventually they stop calling.

  13. Re:I'm Curious by pcmills · · Score: 5, Funny

    They can't silence is copyrighted. 4'33''

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  14. Re:I'm Curious by JudgeDredd · · Score: 5, Funny

    All you have to do is open circus.mp3 in CoolEdit, and invert the soundwave.

    Then, when you're actually IN a circus parade, it will act as a noise cancelling device!

  15. Re:Recordings of ambient noise are readily availab by ThatNuttyPeej · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Course, ambient noise itself is readily available... everywhere, waiting for you to record it.

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  16. I hear ya! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My wife doesn't understand my desire to have sex with other women either, no matter how often I communicate it to her!

  17. Not very imaginative by El · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do that have one that keeps saying in a sultry voice, "Honey, please come back to bed, we weren't finished yet!"? I'd want to use that when my ex calls...

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  18. A Local Gentleman's Club Has This by sirshannon · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They have 4 soundproof booths (about 4 times the size of a typical american phone booth) with payphones in them at a local gentleman's club (aka a high-dollar strip club with boutique, 4-star restaurant, salon). Each booth has an "alibi machine" in it with a knob for baseball game, traffic, and a few other alibis while you call your wife (or boss) and explain that you'll be late. I have used the sounds a few times, but only in jest, of course.

  19. One slight problem... by Guppy06 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "'Hi honey, I'm going to be late -- I'm stuck in the middle of a circus parade...Bye! "

    "Not according to the GPS receiver in your phone you're not."