[asterisk-users] Your "favorite" Asterisk application.

Rob Hillis rob at hillis.dyndns.org
Wed Jan 23 23:49:50 CST 2008


Asterisk really comes into it's own with cute scripts that can do almost 
anything with ridiculous ease.  One of the things I've done with a 
number of Asterisk machines is to put in a script that downloads the 
latest weather forecast and reads it back to you using a TTS engine.

Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> Hi, all.  I've done some Asterisk recelling, but recently got roped into a
> Sr. SysAdmin position.  Our PBX is c. 1823, and -- well, as pretty much
> all circuit-based systems do, it sucks.  It sucks to administer, moves
> suck... you know the drill.  So, I'd love change to an Asterisk system. 
> My boss, who loves to spend money for no particular reason, wants to go
> proprietary, though.  So I'm going to have to try to sell him.  I figured
> one place to start would be some of the really cool applications that
> Asterisk has that -- generally, at least -- don't require licensing.  Some
> of my favorites are follow-me, meetme, voicemail-to-e-mail and
> fax-to-e-mail.  What are some of your favorite features/applications, be
> ith native or third-party?
>
>   




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