Rhetoricall – The How

I decided to break this into two posts, rather than roll the midterm project into one giant post (or, God forbid, edit down  the entire entry into one succinct, concise, easy to read entry). I am going to map out more of the nuts and bolts of Rhetoricall here. Specifically, the objectives, the dialplan, a diagram of the menutree, and a featureset that I’d like to implement moving forward.   Objectives: –To create an audio interface for a political discussion website that is inviting and easy to use.–To tap into an existing source of great prime material (recorded speeches & debates) for people to react to–To get users comfortable with the idea of argumentation as a pastime (which means making it insightful, helpful, and meaningful).   The Dialplan & Phone Menutree:here is the bulk of the dialplanhere is a diagram of the menutreeThe dialplan did not quite keep up with the menutree, insofar as the functionality goes. A case of the talk exceeding the walk. Which reminds me:  Future Features: -methods of categorizing the posts beyond just large, clunky categories but by emotional response or time period (tagging by submitter, tagging by listener)-a voting feature, so people could access the highest rated original submissions as well as responses.-ways of getting audio visible on a website, maybe even mashup ability – copy and paste audio waveforms to create simulated discussions?-real time conference calling/live discussions???