[asterisk-dev] app.record feature requests for medical dictation

[Ludovic Gasc]

Hi,

I don't know if could help, however, I've implemented a system like that
for a Belgium hospital, based on dictate Asterisk application + some custom
dialplan.

Regards.

Ludovic Gasc (GMLudo)
http://www.gmludo.eu/
On 20 Jun 2015 17:32, "Stephen Keller" <n337cd at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings all:
>
> My apologies if I'm not supposed to post here after posting in the support
> forums.
>
> Medical dictation ivr's typically require the immediate action on the key
> that is pressed to exit the record function. When app.record is configured
> to exit on "any" key it does not return what that key was.
>
> I've been using a little hack (below) to return that key and while it
> seems to work, it of course requires a custom compile and does not allow me
> to use cloud based asterisk services because they would not have that
> feature.
>
> A new Global system variable like RECORDEXITKEY (similiar in function to
> SYSTEMSTATUS and READSTATUS) would be sufficient.
>
>
> app.record  ...
>
> } else if ((f->frametype == AST_FRAME_DTMF) &&
> ((f->subclass.integer == terminator) ||
> (ast_test_flag(&flags, OPTION_ANY_TERMINATE)))) {
>
> /* BEGIN NEW CODE -- avmar */
> temp_record_exitkey[0] = f->subclass.integer;
> temp_record_exitkey[1] = '\0';
> pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "RECORD_EXITKEY", temp_record_exitkey);
> /* END NEW CODE -- avmar */
>
>
>
> A second important feature is while recording, its important to know that
> you are not dictating into a dead phone. That results in unpleasant
> surprises and great anxieties to the parties involved later on.  Most
> medical dictation systems guard against that by playing a low volume, short
> duration, high pitched beep about every 10 seconds during actual recording
> (very similar the beep heard in asterisk during pausing of the playback
> functions)
>
> I have not found a workaround for that yet.
>
> Would there be any interest in the community to put features such as these
> into future builds?  I am developing with Asterisk 11 latest version.
>
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Steve Keller (avmar)
> n337cd at gmail.com
> 316-990-9955
>
>
>
>
>
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