[Asterisk-Users] Leaving messages on answering machines (no its notspam)

Areski areski at e-group.org
Fri Sep 3 04:16:40 MST 2004


Hello Clayton,

Is there chances that you share your work with the list :)
I am planning to create an Asterisk testing tool, 
- Generate call to an other Asterisk Box 
- Check if the Asterisk answer correctly
- Check if the application is well played, etc...

I guess your application would be a good starting point ;)
Ideas would be really appreciated!

Cheers,
Areski


On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 20:33, Clayton Smith wrote:
> Hey thanks, thats a great idea too
> 
> Basicly just check for a pause, if i don't get one quickly, then its an 
> answering machine
> 
> And both ideas are compatible, so i could do both at the same time
> 
> 
> Chears
> 
> 
> Scott Stingel wrote:
> 
> >Answering machine detection is usually accomplished by analysing the timing
> >of the voice energy in the initial answer period.  People usually answer by
> >saying: "Hello", "Frank Giwerski", "Pencil sharpening department", or
> >something fairly short, whereas answering messages are usually longer.
> >
> >So, I think the usualy method is to have the software "listen" to the voice
> >energy for some initial period until there's a pause, and decide based on
> >the duration of this energy whether it's a human or machine.
> >
> >But listening for a beep, although less efficient maybe, might work too!
> >
> >Regards
> >Scott
> >
> >
> >Scott M. Stingel
> >President,
> >Emerging Voice Technology, Inc.
> >Palo Alto California & London England
> >www.evtmedia.com
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> >[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Clayton Smith
> >Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 11:07 AM
> >To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> >Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Leaving messages on answering machines (no its
> >notspam)
> >
> >Hey there
> >
> >I'm trying to get asterisk to leave messages on answering machines So i have
> >a pretty cool php notifying script (it notifys, it doesn't
> >spam!!) to phones and cellphones
> >
> >Now all is fine if a human picks up, but if an answering machine picks up,
> >well the script plays, but only the ending is recorded
> >
> >So really, the tricky part is knowing WHEN to leave a message
> >
> >Now to the best of my knowledge, there is no way to tell when an answering
> >machine picks it (be it the "sprint cellphone operator", or  a home owned
> >cellphone), but i was thinking...
> >
> >I could play my script using an EAGI script So i get extensions to run an
> >EAGI script, that then manages everything, So when the call is picked up,
> >relay the message, but if a high pitched beep is detected (via the EAGI
> >script), repeat the message from scratch
> >
> >Now I'm no expert on asterisk, and i can see that this method could be a
> >little buggy, so I'm wondering if there are any suggestions or if there is a
> >better way to leaving messages on answering machines
> >
> >Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated Thanks
> >
> >
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