[Asterisk-Users] Re: Call pre-announcement (was: Asterisk-Users digest, Vol 1 #2711 - 15 msgs)

[John Todd]

At 6:26 PM -0500 2/3/04, tad wrote:
>
>you can do this with MeetMe, but you don't have to. you can also use
>Parking, which makes things a little simpler.
>
>in either case, the strategy is going to be something like:
>1. Record the soundfile
>2. Park the inbound caller
>3. Use a .call file or the manager interface to initiate an outbound call
>to the mobile phone
>4. play soundfile and prompt the mobile phone user to accept/reject the
>call
>5a. if the call is accepted, transfer the parked call to the mobile user.
>5b. if the call is not accepted, unpark the call to some extension
>and take whatever action you like.
>
>be warned, * will probably have no idea whether your outbound call is
>answered by a human, an answering machine, or hits a busy signal.
>
>be further warned, i'm fairly new to * too. however, i have successfully
>implemented the above. hopefully one of the more astute readers will jump
>in if it seems like i'm leading you too far astray. ;)
>
>hope this helps,
>tad

Tad -
   Can you be more specific here?  I'd like to see this find it's way 
into the archives on the mailing list first, and then if it makes 
sense, the Wiki.

JT