Michael Heap
Vonage Team Member
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.
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.
Jul 18, 2019
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 yo...
Apr 12, 2019
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.
Dec 14, 2018
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 ...
Dec 13, 2018
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 c...
Dec 03, 2018
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.
Jun 28, 2018
Receiving SMS Delivery Receipts with PHP
Learn how to receive SMS delivery receipts with PHP using the Vonage SMS API, which is very similar to receiving an inbound SMS message.
Jun 25, 2018
Receiving an SMS with PHP
Go from zero to being able to receive inbound SMS messages in your PHP application—in just 20 lines of code—with the Vonage SMS API.
Jun 19, 2018
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...
Apr 17, 2018
Nexmo at Midwest PHP 2018
This time last week, we were kicking off Midwest PHP 2018 at the Radisson Blu Mall of America in Minnesota. We had a fantastic two days meeting the...
Mar 16, 2018
Text-to-Speech Voice Calls with PHP
In this tutorial, we’re going to build a small Slim app that we can use to trigger an outbound phone call using the PHP client for Vonage.
Oct 20, 2017
Sending SMS Messages with PHP
The Vonage SMS API allows you to send an SMS and receive an SMS by interacting with a simple, HTTP based API. It supports standard messages, emoji ...
Sep 20, 2017
Announcing v1.0.0 of the Nexmo PHP Client Library!
Announcing the v1.0.0 release of the Nexmo PHP Client library
Aug 29, 2017
2FA Login with Laravel and Nexmo
Add 2-factor authentication to your Laravel application in 5 minutes using Nexmo Verify
Jul 26, 2017
Michael Is Joining the Developer Relations Team!
Hello! I’m Michael and I’m the Nexmo DevRel team’s latest recruit. (If you look at the picture, I’m the one on the right) I’ve spent a decade as a ...
Jul 07, 2017