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Michael Heap

Vonage Alumni

Michael is a polyglot software engineer, committed to reducing complexity in systems and making them more predictable. Working with a variety of languages and tools, he shares his technical expertise to audiences all around the world at user groups and conferences. Day to day, Michael is a former developer advocate at Vonage, where he spent his time learning, teaching and writing about all kinds of technology.

Building a Turkey Timer with Laravel, Facebook Messenger and Vonage

In this tutorial, we look at building a recipe chat-bot for Facebook messenger, WhatsApp, or Viber with Laravel PHP and the Vonage Messages API.

2FA Login with Laravel and Nexmo

Add 2-factor authentication to your Laravel application in 5 minutes using Nexmo Verify

Announcing v1.0.0 of the Nexmo PHP Client Library!

Announcing the v1.0.0 release of the Nexmo PHP Client library

Receive an Inbound Voice Call with PHP

Learn how to write a PHP application that handles inbound voice calls and returns a dynamic response using the Nexmo Voice API.

Dual Channel Transcription with Split Recording

The new split recording feature in Nexmo's Voice API allows you to record two call participants in their own audio channels, making transcription a breeze.

Call Whisper with Selective Audio Controls

Nexmo's new selective audio controls solve a common use case – a supervisor listening to a call but only being heard by their employee and not the customer.

MultiTrack Call Transcription with Split Recording

Build a node.js app with the Nexmo Voice API to connect multiple parties and record the conversation via split recording, one participant in each channel.

Keep Track of Your Budget with Dial YNAB

Make a call to find out your YNAB status with Node.js? Why not! Find our how to build everything you need to do this using Nexmo Voice API.

December 8, 2020

Play an Audio File Into a Voice Call With PHP

Create a more human sounding voice menus, or add quality hold music to voice calls by playing an audio file with Nexmo, PHP and this tutorial as your guide