[asterisk-users] Newbie IVR: How to read() before playback() is finished?

[Mojo with Horan & Company, LLC]

Lee, John (Sydney) wrote:
> I am working on a menu to accept input from a caller like as follows:
>
> Exten => 100,1,Answer()
> Exten => 100,n,Playback(LONG-MESSAGE)
> Exten => 100,n,Read(OPTION,,2)
> ...
>
> When I tested it, I noticed if I start pressing a key before the
> Playback() is finished, the input is not buffered (simply ignored) and I
> have to listen to the whole message before I could re-enter again.
>
> Is there a way that I could press a key and it will be Read() before the
> Playback is finished?
>
> It seems like a lot of IVR system in the market can doing that and I am
> wondering if I have missed something in Asterisk.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
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Besides the Background() app mentioned, you might like the WaitExten() app

Moj