[Asterisk-Users] Better i18n for Asterisk?

[Mark Phillips]

The same "7" sound file is used to indicate both time and quantity. The 
sound file could be easily recorded to say "sept heure" but then every 
time the VM system tells a user that they have 7 messages they'll hear 
something like "vous avez sept heure notification" (excuse my schoolboy 
French).

Perhaps rather than writing a VM AGI one could have a French language 
patch to the sources?

In general I think the French way is better (I can't believe I just said 
that). I tell the time using the 24 hour clock. 7:45AM is correctly 
expressed at "7 hours 45 minutes" using the 24 hour system.

Could we have run into another "Americanism" here?

OK, back to being English and bashing the French ;-}

Mark, G7LTT/KC2ENI
Randolph, NJ
http://www.g7ltt.com


Jean-Michel Hiver wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> Do you know if there are any plans to improve i18n for Asterisk? The 
> current i18n way of doing it with asterisk is very limited and most of 
> the time does not work.
> 
> For example, take voicemail:
> 
> "message" "received" "at" "seven" "30" "am" might sound good in English.
> 
> But:
> 
> "message" "recu" "a" "sept" "trente" "apres-midi" sounds terrible in 
> French, because you *need* to say "sept heure trente" and not "sept 
> trente".
> 
> Is there a way to fix this / improve the situation (other than write own 
> voicemail AGI)?
> 
> Cheers,
> Jean-Michel.
>