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

[Brian West]

[macro-screen]
exten => s,1,Answer
exten => s,2,Wait(1)
exten => s,3,SetVar(SCREENFILE=/tmp/${TIMESTAMP}-${UNIQUEID})
exten => s,4,Playback(pls-rcrd-name-at-tone)
exten => s,5,Record(${SCREENFILE}:gsm|10)
exten => s,6,ParkAndAnnounce(silence/2:${SCREENFILE}:PARKED|20|${ARG1}|${ARG2})

Try this.

bkw


On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, John Todd wrote:

> 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
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