[Asterisk-Dev] Implementing Community voice mail using Asterisk

[Glenn Powers]

Most of what you want to do is already in Asterisk, right out of the 
box. Including voicemail->email.

I also recommend VoicePulse's Connect service for (US) inbound calls and 
VoipJet for outbound.
(VoicePulse is fine for outbound, but VoipJet is cheaper and has 
excellent quality.)

I would suggest leaving the Email->Voicemail integration until after you 
have a working system,
since (AFAIK) no one has coded this for Asterisk yet. Although, it 
should not be difficult to do.
(I can provide you with a design, if you'd like.)

You'll want to use MySQL for the voicemail and SIP databases:

http://voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk%20voicemail%20database

http://voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk+sip+mysql+peers

I run my development asterisk server on an old PII 400, as does Brian. 
I'm never short of CPU power.

The only case I've found for hardware is for a timing source for MeetMe 
conferencing. (I wasn't able immediately able to get the ztdummy driver 
to work, so I got a $10 voice modem and used that instead.)

What kind of application do you want to code for Asterisk? It seems the 
only coding you'll need to do is a (web) interface for user 
administration. Most of the other functions you need can already be 
handled in the extensions.conf file.

Please let me know how this project goes.

cheers,
glenn


Arun Garg wrote:

>hi all
>I am a student and want to develop a "community voice mail" service using
>Asterisk PBX. The Community voicemail may be understood as telephony
>counterpart of normal email and is widely available in US for quite some
>time.
>
>I want to develop a scaleable application, in which users should be able
>to send and receive messages through PSTN,PBX,IP telephony and email.
>I have read some documents regarding Asterisk but i am not getting a hang
>on the following questions:
>1. what should be a 'good'(read least cost) hardware configuration for the
>development of the application and its deployment later on.
>2. Can I start out without having any Digium hardware at all?
>3. What is the URL of if Some kind of introduction to coding an
>application for asterisk exists?
>
>I understand that there are quite a lot of experts on this mailing list
>and such types of question may sound too simple for them to answer.But the
>answer to these questions mean a lot to me.
>I will be very thnakful if any generous soul answers these questions.A lot
>of  newcomers might be having the same questions.
>thanks
>arun
>
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