[Asterisk-Users] Caller entered digits ignored during wait....

[willy at yponeinc.com]

That's what the 'silence' files were invented for.
See loligo.com (forgot the exact reference, but do a wiki
for J Todd's sound files).
Yes, it's a hack, but it works.
Cheers,
Willy
----- Original Message Follows -----
> Greetings,
> 
>  
> 
> Below is part of the contents of my extensions.conf file. 
> 
>  
> 
> exten => s,1,Wait,1                               ; Wait a
> second before answering.
> 
> exten => s,2,Answer
> 
> exten => s,3,ResponseTimeout,10                      ; Set
> the amount of time the user
> 
>                                                           
>  ; has to make a selection.
> 
> exten => s,4,DigitTimeout,5                    ; Set the
> amount of time user has
> 
>                                                           
>  ; between each number entry when
> 
>                                                           
>  ; dialing an extension.
> 
> exten => s,5,Background(welcome)
> 
> exten => s,6,Background(parties)
> 
> exten => s,7,Wait(10)
> 
> exten => s,8,Background(parties)
> 
> exten => s,9,Wait(10)
> 
> exten => s,10,Background(vm-goodbye)
> 
> exten => s,11,Hangup
> 
>  
> 
> I can make a menu selection as long as Background is
> running however during Wait(10) DTMF digits are ignored.
> How can I wait for a response and register the response at
> the same time? I supposed I could create a sound file of
> 10 second duration and play this but that seems kinda like
> a hack to me.
> 
>  
> 
> Gene Kochanowky
> 
> 

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