[asterisk-dev] Detection of Answering Machine

[Matt Riddell (IT)]

Innocent Evil wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> To detect an answering machine I have found following two commands,
> 
> BackgroundDetect (comes with asterisk)
> MachineDetect (asterisk add-ons)

Add http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=5959

> First question, does BackgroundDetect works well with g729?

Should do.

> I havn't try MachineDetect yet, what is the benefit of MachineDetect over BackgroundDetect.

Extra parameters

> If anybody used any of this command successfully, please help me.

In what way?

> If possible, please let me know a good example of using these commands.

Have you tried "show application <appname>" in console?

> What are the common mistakes users do to use these commands?

Not try out the various combinations and expect others to have all the
answers :)

But seriously, it will depend on what you want to detect, how long you
want it to take, and the percentage of false positives/negatives you can
accept.

> Is there any documentation available arround other than voip-info.org

Unlikely.

-- 
Cheers,

Matt Riddell
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