[Asterisk-Users] generate dial tone

[steve at daviesfam.org]

On Fri, 28 May 2004, Michael George wrote:

> Yes, I see what you are saying.  And I tried this.  Here's what happens:
> I get the 9 and start PlayTones().
> I go to the next context (with the tones playing).
> 
> In the next context (tones still playing) my matches are all several 
> digits long, so the tone is playing as the digits are pressed.  That is 
> disorienting because that usually happens on a broken line.
> 
> However, if you notice how Background() works, it will play the sound 
> file and still accept input.  Once it gets the first input key it will 
> stop playing and begin its matching.
> 
> That is exactly the behavior I want.

http://bugs.digium.com/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0000745

Steve