發信息孩子不回怎麼辦? 這款app來幫你!

A busybody dad has created an app to stop kids from ignoring their parents' phone calls or texts.

一名好管閒事的父親開發了一款讓孩子們再也無法忽視父母電話短信的APP。

Nick Herbert was unable to contact his son, Ben, so came up with a way of stopping the 13-year-old from screening his calls.

尼克·赫伯特聯繫不上他的兒子本，於是就想出一個辦法，讓13歲的兒子再也不能無視他的電話。

The 45-year-old built the ReplyASAP messaging app which takes over the recipient's phone screen and sounds an alarm - and doesn't stop until it is answered.

尼克今年45歲，開發了一款名爲“ReplyASAP”的消息應用程序，它可以佔領接收者的手機屏幕併發出鈴聲，直到接收者回復纔會停下來。

Parents are told if their kids have seen their message and if the troublesome teen's phone is turned off then a message pending sign will show on the sender's phone.

如果孩子已經看到了消息，APP會通知父母。但如果麻煩的孩子手機關機的話，父母手機上會顯示消息待閱狀態。

Now Mr Herbert, from West Wickham in London, is selling his creation to help stressed out parents across the country keep track of their children.

倫敦西威克姆的赫伯特先生將這款APP賣給英國其他壓力山大的父母，讓他們與孩子保持聯繫。

'My son started at Langley Park School for Boys a couple of years ago and has a smartphone', said Mr Herbert.

赫伯特先生說：“我的兒子兩年前上了蘭利帕克男校並有了一部手機。”

'I thought this would make getting hold of him easier, but it doesn't at all. In fact, he is always playing games and has the phone on silent. It drives me crazy', he said.

赫伯特先生說：“我本以爲這會讓我更容易聯繫到他，但事實並非如此。實際上，他總是在玩遊戲，還把手機調成靜音。我都要瘋了。”

He hopes the app will make their relationship better as a result.

他希望這款APP能改善父子間的關係。

'It will alleviate the stress when I can't get hold of him as I will know that he has seen my message', he said.

他說：“在我聯繫不上他的時候，這款APP能讓我確認他已經看到了我的信息，可以爲我減輕壓力。”

However, currently the app only works with Android and his 13-year-old Ben has an iOS phone. He is keen to get his app working on iPhone devices as soon as possible.

不過，現在這款APP只兼容安卓系統，他兒子的手機卻是iOS系統。他渴望APP能儘快在蘋果手機上運行。