[Asterisk-Users] Re: Text entry by DTMF

[Ernest W. Lessenger]

At 06:51 AM 11/11/2003, you wrote:
> > Ummm.. kind of.  I mean, it says "Enter the first 3 digits of the
> > persons last night" and you enter them via the keypad, it then searches
> > for the names, and says, "Calling <so-and-so>".  I think I've seen this
> > feature on a phone system I called once, but I can't remember exactly
> > how it worked.  I'm pretty sure you just entered the persons last name
> > in by digits.
>
>Yes, that is precisely how it works on our existing KSU.  Each extension has
>the first and last name as text in a database somewhere and you can get a
>list of matching names by entering up to 8 chars of the person's last name,
>then pound.
>
>i.e. for "SMITH" you'd enter "76484#."  That'd match Smith, Smithers,
>Goldsmith, etc.  Seems pretty easy to do, too, building up a list of
>potential strings and then comparing them to the database, or the reverse
>even.

That is indeed how the existing * application works.

--Ernest