[asterisk-users] Play dial tone withou answer

[Lee Jenkins]

David Boyd wrote:
> Two points,
> 
> 
> 
> first (I believe from many previous threads, and viewing source code
> ) you must answer a call to place audio on the channel.
> 
> second, depending on the type of access being used by the originator of
> the call, the carrier will not pass audio on the channel back to the
> originator unless they receive an answer indication from asterisk, so
> even if you could place audio on the channel without an answer, there is
> no guarantee still it would  propagate back to the originator of the
> call.
> 
> 

Can't he just setup an extension to Answer() the call, play message or 
Ringing() and then transfer the call?

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Warm Regards,

Lee