Texessible

A free SMS service that keeps you connected to the Web.
Created by David Hong, Arham Ahmed, and Anam Alvi for UofThacks.

When you text our Texessible phone number, we'll read your text and instantly reply with exactly what you want. We keep you connected to the internet, without you ever actually having to be connected to the internet.

News and Weather Updates

Text us 'Weather {City}, {Province}', and we'll reply instantly.


Text us 'News' and we'll reply with the last 10 posts on your preferred RSS feed

Navigation

_Text us 'Directions {Your Location} to {Your Destination}'. Using the Google Maps API, we provide you with specific step-by-step instructions of how to get from one place to another._

Email

_Send emails over SMS by texting 'Email to {Recipients Address} Re: "{Your Subject Header}" {Your Email Body}._

Key Words
Weather	Replies with the current weather in a given city
News	Replies with the last 10 posts on the RSS feed you have subscribed to
Directions	Replies with a sequential list of precise directions to get from one place to another
Email	Sends an email to the given address with a given subject header and body