[Asterisk-Users] change languages from an IVR

[Colin Anderson]

unfortunately the federal government in Canada mandates this and in Quebec
if you don't do it, you can be charged with a criminal offense. 

French Canada farts in your general direction. 

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From: Mark Phillips [mailto:g7ltt at g7ltt.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 1:11 PM
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Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] change languages from an IVR


I've come across this in my dealings with my customers in Toronto. As an 
Englishman I find it most infuriating. French is after all, the most 
hated language in the world from an Englishmans perspective ;-}


Mark, G7LTT/KC2ENI
Randolph, NJ
http://www.g7ltt.com


Derek Whitten wrote:
> Colin Anderson wrote:
> 
>>>But, AFAIK, when they get to voicemail, the greeting is not based on
>>>the language setting, so you have to record it in those 3 languages,
>>>which makes a pretty long greeting
>>
>>
>>This is common in Canada which has 2 official languages. The convention
here
>>is to intersperse the secondary language with the primary language so a
non
>>native English speaker can follow what is going on:
>>
>>"Hi, no one can take your call right now / Bonjour, personne ne peuvent
>>prendre votre appel en ce moment / Please leave a message and I will
return
>>your call as soon as possible / Veuillez laisser un message et je
renverrai
>>votre appel aussitôt que possible"
>>
>>3 might be a stretch though. 
>>
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> 
> maybe break the languages into smaller pieces?
> 
> for french, press 1... for english, press 2...
> 
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