[asterisk-users] Receive DTMF and record audio at the same time

[asterisk at phreaknet.org]

On 12/7/2022 8:00 AM, Rhys Hanrahan wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I am trying to find a way to build an AGI script or dialplan that can 
> handle a “please just say OR enter the post code (zip code) you want” 
> voice IVR. I already have a speech to text solution working with the 
> AGI Record command and this works. Of course a standard DTMF menu is 
> easily done, but I don’t know how to do both at the same time. I need 
> a non-blocking way to also receive the DTMF digits while listening for 
> a voice at the same time. Or I suppose a non-blocking way to record 
> audio might work, and keep the DTMF Read() as blocking?
>
> My big limitation right now is that we are still on Asterisk 11. I am 
> planning a move to Asterisk 18 but even this doesn’t seem like it 
> would support StoreDTMF which would have probably been a solution.
>

StoreDTMF is part of Asterisk 18[1].

[1] 
https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+18+Application_StoreDTMF

> I would appreciate any ideas on how to do this.
>
>