[Asterisk-Users] Re: Text entry by DTMF

[Ernest W. Lessenger]

At 10:33 AM 11/10/2003, you wrote:
>Steve Underwood <steveu at coppice.org> wrote in news:3FAE487A.7000508
>@coppice.org:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've kind of ported a DTMF text extry method I wrote some time ago for
> > Dialogic. It is now a semi-working Asterisk app. I've still got to clean
> > up some stuff in how Festival is used to read back what is entered, and
> > then I think it should be OK.
> >
> > Any useful input much appreciated.
>
>Not sure if it's useful, but could this be used so that you could create a
>"database" of names and extensions, then use this to enter in the first 3
>digits of the name or whatever the case may be?  Could be useful...

I believe this feature already exists (undocumented, of course). It uses 
the voicemail config file to match mailboxes against names and reads the 
"say your name" audio clip out of the user's voicemail box.

--Ernest