[Asterisk-Users] Screening incoming calls.

Fri Jan 6 04:55:48 MST 2006

Hi!

> The PBX I'm getting ready to replace has a really nifty feature -- one
> that I'm not even sure Asterisk -can- do -- though I'm hoping to be proven
> wrong.  When a call goes to voicemail, the end-user can listen to the VM
> as it's being recorded, and can interrupt and answer the call if it's
> someone they want to talk to.
> 
> Is there any way to implement this?

Yes, I've described the "voicemail live" approach here:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+tips+voicemail+live

No need for ChanSpy and the manager interface, just needs MeetMe.

Cheers, Philipp