[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk as a Voice Logger alternative to NICE or Witness Systems

[Machen, Matthew T.]

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Hello 
 
I would like to use Asterisk as a Voice Recorder/Logger.  I have 20+/- Siemens digital TDM phones with RJ11 analog recording interfaces on the back of each phone (separate from the digital line itself).  I would like to bring the audio via copper cable to a Channel bank and convert into a T1 to interface with a Digium T1 card in Asterisk.  Also all of the phones will have a TAPI interface via USB cable to a PC whereby the PC can send a "start record" and "stop record" signal and caller ID information to the server instead of relying on VOX (voice activated recording).
 
Phone--------------------------------
Phone --------------------------------T1-ChannelBank-----------T1 LINE------Asterisk
Phone--------------------------------
 
 
Question 1:  Can the asterisk T1 line begin audio recording by either VOX or a signal from a TAPI device
Question 2:  Has anyone tried this?
 
This would be useful instead of buying a very expensive NICE system or Witness system.
 
 
 
Matthew Machen 
Southern Company Network Support