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

[Paul Hales]

the relaxdmtf (or similar) option in zaptel can make this work a bit
better...but it's a try at your own risk option!

PaulH


On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 13:28 +1000, Lee, John (Sydney) wrote:
> > >
> > Besides the Background() app mentioned, you might like the WaitExten()
> app
> 
> Thanks guys for your response.
> 
> I have had much success with Read() as below so that whenever I press a
> key before the sound file finishes playing, it will read the digit and
> move to the next line.
> exten => 100,1,Answer()
> exten => 100,n,Read(OPTION,SOUND-FILE,1)
> exten => 100,n,GotoIf($[${OPTION} = 2]?do2:doothers)
> [...]
> 
> However, I noticed that sometimes when I call from the outside line to
> this number, I need to press the key many many times before the digit
> can be read.  This does not happen if I do it on the LAN.
> 
> Is there any way I could fix this problem?
> 
> 
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