News & Sport phone number in the outback?

Knowing the weather forecast is an advantage in the outback but news and especially sports results, why would you want sports results, It has all happened and makes no difference at all to your life if on holiday. (or when at home)

You have all the numbers you need, I reckon.

Hi Siringo, unfortunately i dont know of any such phone numbers.

But I built a device which can do that about 10 years as a project-it was used for a few years but is dismantled now. It was fun and worked well.

It was based on a dial up voice capable modem connected to an old pc running an Interactive Voice Response program. The IVR program could parse and convert text to speech from web pages, and also call up and play any audio files.

The dial up modem was connected to a fixed phone line. So you dialed the number, the pc answered and then you selected an option. Press 1 for weather, 2 for news, 3 for Jimi Hendrix etc.

There would be easier ways to do this nowadays. It would be interesting project for a IT student or enthusiast. The hardware to build one could be obtained very cheaply or free, and you can customise the voice options for your own specific needs, ie parse your own local newspaper or local sports web pages.

I am a new comer to this forum, and am surprised by the animosity to your query.

What's wrong in using your AM radio before dawn and after dusk . Add a long piece of wire to your antenna and save you Satphone in case you need it . Think about how you will get to Camp 1A from Macc's reserve without getting lost . To me that is a ridiculous question to ask and im saying that as i have read your other posts which a similar on other sites

Siringo, we live in a digitally-connected world today, and phoning in to get specific information, such as news or sports results, is virtually a thing of the past.

I know of no phone numbers today in Australia, where you can get news or sports results via a phone link.

Just getting to any major business operatives on a phone, is a huge effort today.
You generally have to negotiate a range of menus via the keypad - and if you're dead lucky, you actually get a real person to talk to, after punching in about 16 separate keypad sub-menus.

Then, if you're even luckier, that person is actually in the business premises, and actually speaks in an accent you can understand.

Most times, you're speaking to someone in a 3rd world country with an accent you can barely understand.

It's a sad fact of life, that the cost of manning phones today, is one major cost area, that companies and businesses select as the area where the greatest cost-cutting has to be done.

It won't be long before there will be no-face-to-face contact in any major business, or Govt Dept.
You will quite likely be relegated to conducting your enquiry or business online only - and quite possibly dealing with an automated computer programme, run by AI.

What I find interesting is that you can place a bet here by phone - but you can't find the results by phone.

Somewhat surprisingly, America has a sports results phone number. It does appear to rely on sponsors for its operation.

Telecompute (USA) - free sports call

Cheers, Ron.

Could you share the weather phone numbers you mentioned? Might come in handy during an extended off-grid trip such as the AB. :)

Sorry, I can't help you with the sports or news phone numbers!

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Here you go Siringo........ Sports Results by Phone

Only proviso is that you will need to follow American sports!

Oh, and the results may be a bit old. LOL

That would be a good reason to own a HF radio