VServices Cricket Score: Dial to get live cricket scores

With less than one week for the start of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, every cricket fan in India is gearing up for the big event. In a country like India where cricket is a religion and cricketers are worshipped as god, it is going to be a festival season. But, do you have to miss out some matches due to personal / work related reasons? Is Cricinfo blocked at your workplace? Are you travelling and could not get scores from your friends? For all you guys, I have added a new service to VServices suite – Cricket score service.  Just dial +91-40-39411020 and enter the pin 4335 to get live cricket scores.

Numbers to dial

Hyderabad – 040 – 39411020 (Pin: 4335)

Bangalore – 080 – 39411020 (Pin: 4335)

Mumbai – 022 – 39411020 (Pin: 4335)

Chennai – Coming soon.

You can use the aforementioned local numbers if you are from any of the above cities. If you are calling from other places, standard STD call rates will apply. Dial the number and the pin 4335. You will be connected to VServices Cricket score service. The service will list the current series (including the domestic series) happening around the world. Please dial the series number followed by pound ‘#’ sign. You will be given the list of live matches from the selected series. Please dial the match number followed by pound ‘#’ sign. The service will give you the score and the status of the match.

Technical details

This is my first telephony application and is powered by KooKoo.in and Cricinfo. KooKoo, product from a Hyderabad based company, is an interface to telephony applications. You can use it to perform telephony functions like placing a call, receiving calls, send SMS, gathering user input etc. I am using Cricinfo’s live score feeds to get the live scores. The backend service, which is powered by Google App Engine, parses the feeds and feeds them via KooKoo.

Note: I am using the KooKoo free account and it uses open source TTS (Text To Speech) engine which is not perfect. Some names and special characters might not be pronounced correctly. Let me know what you guys feel about this service.

-- Varun