Usually, IRL, when speaking on a phone, if you're not able to actually tell who the speaker is, you can at least identify their sex. Not only would this be more realistic, but it would also allow the player to possibly distinguish the difference between a person they wanted to call and one who may have picked up the phone.
Just a thought.
You answer the phone and if you know the person's voice (have been introduced?) you see the text in a different color?
side rant caused by a long day:
ooo! security voice recognition! -that- would be fun…. you had them as door locks and starting a car... it's a bit easier to fool then bio-metrics... wait never mind... don't the elevators have that? voice recognition? or is it simply voice control?
uhm back to the original train of thought...
i can recognise someone on the phone usualy after only one phone call but not after only an in person intro.(people's voices sound -way- diff. on the phone then in person)... my mom on the other hand still can't tell it's me when i call. so i think that a simple gender check would be more realisitc... you got the obviouse, "hey -you're- not Bob!" when a female voice says, "hello?" possibility and it seems like it would be less veriables to plug into the code... wait.. what the hell do i know about code?
sheesh... *wanders off*
oh, ignore the spelling/word order stuff... i'm feeling too lazy to proof read my post. hrm.. but not too lazy to keep typing... go figure.
And in this time and place, voice changing technology would be really common, (hell I'm thinking cyberware here) but that's just not what were concentrating on here... so unless there's a sudden influx of coding talent, don't hold your breath.
Nice idea though.
-Kevlar
I have to point out that not only would you actually be able to recognize whether the voice is male or female, you would also detect any accent they have. I know a player who always used to put *english accent* before the first thing he said in a phone conversation. That was a neat touch.
We could all just start putting *a pleasant female voice* or some such descriptive thing before what we say in the phone. That's one way to RP it. Or, if your character is calling her boyfriend and he'd recognize her voice, you could even put *Tylissa's voice* but of course that still isn't as perfect as it'd be if we could really see a coded difference.
Yet again, one neat idea that may happen eventually. In the meantime, let's keep calling each other and having fun! =P
Joe would say *Cartman's voice* and Cartman would say *Brad's voice* and everything would get even more confusing than it is now.
I think that gender distinction would do just fine.
