[Asterisk-Users] The sounds of silence: silent soundfiles available

[John Todd]

As has been noted before on this list, the Wait() application does 
not listen for keystrokes from users.  Many of you, like me, have 
looping Background(), Wait(), and Goto() application priority chains 
that prompt users to enter some data, and then repeat the 
instructions if no keys are pressed.  The problem of course is if the 
user doesn't start pressing keys during the Background() call and 
delays until the Wait() application is called, those keys are lost.

I had solved this some time back by creating a few random length 
files of silence, that would replace Wait() routines in some 
circumstances.  I have finally created a formal measured group of 
files, each with 1-10 seconds of silence, and put them in my sounds 
directory for public consumption.  Not a big deal for most of you to 
create these files yourselves, but perhaps a minor pain that 
hopefully I've removed for some people who don't have sound tools 
handy.

http://www.loligo.com/asterisk/sounds/silence/

JT