[Asterisk-Users] How to detect answering machine

[Jay Milk]

Just start off with "Please confirm by pressing #" before getting too
chatty.  Then quietly wait five seconds -- if the other end doesn't dial
#, hang up.  If there's an answering machine, it shouldn't record
anything.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Victor [mailto:christian at victormedia.de] 
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 11:47 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] How to detect answering machine
> 
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Does anyone of you have an idea how to detect an answering 
> machine on a 
> dialout call?
> 
> I am working an a voicemail system wich calls the subscriber 
> but I don't 
> want to fill their answering machine.
> 
> Maybe I could detect somehow if there is incoming voice when 
> playing the 
> message. usually real persons don't talk when they listen but 
> answeringmachines do. ;-)
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Chris