[Asterisk-Users] WhoIsIt -- a contributed utility

[Steve Murphy]

Hello, everyone--

I've just posted a package on the Asterisk wiki that, when installed,
will allow you to announce incoming callers over the computer speakers,
based on their CID.

It's pretty simple, uses the linux /usr/bin/play (which on redhat, plays
gsm files just fine over the speakers), and also uses festival to play
the CID name string over the speaker, if you don't already have an
"announcment" for the incoming caller, and if there is any usable CID
information.

It can generate gsm announcments for all the area codes in NA, and the
country codes for the rest of the world, using festival, and will play
these for incoming long-distance calls if there are no "announcements".

There's a README in the package that explains everything in great and
gory detail, including what to put in your extensions.conf to make it
run. You'll need to compile the small .c file with gcc; there's a
makefile included to aid in the compile and installation.

We've been using it on the home system to allow the correct person to
gravitate to the phone to answer the call.

See: 

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+WhoIsIt

You can get it from the main wiki page via "tips and tricks"

murf



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Steve Murphy <murf at e-tools.com>
Electronic Tools Company