[asterisk-users] Feature Request: "SayNumberFiles"

[Olivier]

2009/12/3 Danny Nicholas <danny at debsinc.com>

> With a little familiarity of how SayNumber works, this isn't hard at all.
> All that Saynumbers does is parse out the number into 1, 2 or 3 digits and
> then plays files from /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/digits.  In the example the
> OP posted, ${numMessages} had a value of 23, so 20.gsm and 3.gsm would be
> played back.


Doesn't that depend on language specifics (though I agree that for most,
using a single native language is enough) ?


>  To use the read function's single file "capability", you could
> use sox to concatenate the files together, or just use the playback example
> below or use an AGI like this:
> exten => s,1,AGI(nomessages.agi|${nummessages})
> exten => s,n,Background(${PART1}&${PART2}&${PART3}&${PART4})
> exten => s,n,Read(faxno,beep,1,skip,1,5)
>

You're right : it seems an interesting work around.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Warren Selby
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 12:56 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Feature Request: "SayNumberFiles"
>
> Why not do something with Background()?  i.e
>
> Playback(you-have)
> SayNumber(${numMessages})
> Playback(messages)
> Background(press-1-or-2)
>
> Then just be sure to record the audio files in the appropriate
> directory...
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> --Warren Selby
>
> On Dec 3, 2009, at 12:39 AM, Olivier <oza-4h07 at myamail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Currently, it seems impossible to use the output of SayNumber
> > application as an input to Read application.
> > So, if you want to develop an IVR with something like "You've got 23
> > messages. Type 1 to listen to the first one. Type 2 to leave", you
> > must parse this message into 3 pieces and want for the last one play
> > to start listening of user input :
> >   Playback ( "You've got")
> >   SayNumber (23)
> >   Read ("messages. Type 1 to listen to the first one. Type 2 to
> > leave", ...)
> >
> > Being to get the list of sound files that SayNumber would play would
> > be very convenient to build concatenate several one into one
> > temporary file. When played with Read app, user wouldn't have to
> > wait for the last part to type its answer :
> >
> >   myfilelist = SayNumberFiles(23)
> >   tempfile=concat( "You've got", myfilelist, "messages. Type 1 to
> > listen to the first one. Type 2 to leave")
> >   Read (tempfile, ...)
> >
> > Did I miss a workaround ?
> > What would you say about this feature request ?
> >
> > Regards
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