[asterisk-users] asterisk setup for church / conference call / speaker system integration

[Tim Litwiller]

Drew Gibson wrote:
> Tim Litwiller wrote:
>> David Gomillion wrote:
>>> On 5/17/07, *Tim Litwiller* <tim at litwiller.net 
>>> <mailto:tim at litwiller.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     We have several people in our church that recently became
>>>     disabled. I am
>>>     thinking of setting up an asterisk server and several phone 
>>> lined so
>>>     that they can call in to church during services to listen to the
>>>     service.
>>>
>>> If it were me, I would:
>>>
>>> 1. create a conference room
>>> 2. create a .call file that dials into the speaker system
>>> 3. create .call files to dial the participants, muting them
>>>
>>> This can obviously be scripted very easily. A simple cron job 
>>> copying the .call files should do nicely. If the disabled persons 
>>> wish to no longer participate, you can simply delete that .call 
>>> file; conversely, if you need to add someone, you can just create 
>>> another one. Then you won't have to worry about incoming phone 
>>> numbers and coordinating with the private school, you can bring it 
>>> in when you need it, etc.
>>>
>> That does simplify it a bit - but is probably not flexible enough. I 
>> don't want to have to have someone call and request to be added to 
>> the conference if they are sick sunday morning. We will publish the 
>> number for anyone in the congregation to use as they need it.  For 
>> those that always listen at home tho this would work fine.
>>
>> Oh and we will also want to record the services so that if someone 
>> wants a copy or to listen later they can call in to listen or we can 
>> burn then a copy. So I'll need to program a recording menu system 
>> that is somewhat automated and lists the last few weeks of services 
>> by date or something.
>>
>> We are currently using freeconferencecall.com but it is a long 
>> distance call from church and from all of our members.
>>
> Use GotoIfTime to divert incoming calls, only during regular service 
> times, to a voice menu with a choice of listen live, or make a call to 
> extension.
> Use David's call file suggestion to connect the speakers to the 
> conference and record (Monitor) that channel.
> Have an extension that callers can dial at anytime for a voice menu 
> with a choice of recordings.
>
> regards,
>
> Drew
>
Good suggestions everyone, thanks.