yes, they are the same. And in the UK, they call it the "hash" key - just to add to the confusion! So I guess the same key means different things depending on where the caller is in the transaction. Scott M. Stingel Emerging Voice Technology Inc. Palo Alto, California and London, England Email: scott@evtmedia.com URL: www.evtmedia.com <http://www.evtmedia.com/> -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of johncn Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 7:16 PM To: Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] the 'pound' and '#' are the same? Hi, I am translating the voice files of voicemail now. I don't know if the POUND and # are the same key in the telephone's keypad. If they are same, how could we understand the following message: %vm-msginstruct.gsm%To hear the next message press 6, to repeat this message press 5, to hear the previous message press 4, to delete or undelete this message press seven, to quite voicemail press pound. During message playback, you may press * to rewind, and # to fast forward. Regards. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20030723/dbfc6e40/attachment.htm
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:15:53 -0700, johncn <info@itwav.com> wrote:> Hi, > I am translating the voice files of voicemail now. I don't know if the > POUND and # are the same key in the telephone's keypad.They are the same key. I'm not sure how the # came to be associated with the word "pound", but in American English at least, they're the same key. The technical term for the # key (in the telephone world, at least) is an "octothorpe". This comes from the fact that there's eight (octo) pointy things (thorpe). The two frequencies (usually) mixed for the # are 941 and 1477Hz.> If they are same, how could we understand the following message: > > %vm-msginstruct.gsm%To hear the next message press 6, to repeat this > message press 5, to hear the previous message press 4, to delete or > undelete this message press seven, to quite voicemail press pound. > During message playback, you may press * to rewind, and # to fast > forward.The "quite" in the first # example should be "quit"; the correct concept would probably be exit, log out of, etc. The # in the second example is only used if a message is playing. I may not be fully comprehending what you're asking... if this doesn't answer your questions, perhaps rephrase it and I'll try to help. -rt -- Ryan Tucker <rtucker@netacc.net>
John Laur
2003-Jul-23 22:21 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] the 'pound' and '#' are the same? (OT Rambling)
In the US, and probably some other English speaking countries, # is the "pound" key on telephones. In the UK it's called the "hash" key. The technical name for the punctuation mark is "octothorpe". A lot of punctuation has strange technical names that you don't hear every day (or maybe you do if you are a typeset designer): ^ - chevron (Look at a Chevron gas station's logo next time you see one. It's two stacked chevrons.) / - virgule, solidus ` - grave = - quadrathorpe # - octothorpe * - asterisk (our favorite) & - ampersand I haven't ever found any really interesting technical terms for @, %, or ?. I'd be interested in hearing some.. For you programmer types out there, take a look at this for some punctuation pronouncing fun: http://www.latenighthacking.com/projects/2002/spokenPunctuation/ Sorry for the ramble, John -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of johncn Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:16 PM To: Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] the 'pound' and '#' are the same? Hi, I am translating the voice files of voicemail now.? I don't know if the POUND and # are the same key in the telephone's keypad. If they are same, how could we understand the following message: ? ? %vm-msginstruct.gsm%To hear the next message press 6, to repeat this message press 5, to hear the previous message press 4, to delete or undelete this message press seven, to quite voicemail press pound. During message playback, you may press * to rewind, and # to fast forward. ? Regards.
On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 20:15, johncn wrote:> Hi, > I am translating the voice files of voicemail now. I don't know if > the POUND and # are the same key in the telephone's keypad. If they > are same, how could we understand the following message: > > > %vm-msginstruct.gsm%To hear the next message press 6, to repeat this > message press 5, to hear the previous message press 4, to delete or > undelete this message press seven, to quite voicemail press pound. > During message playback, you may press * to rewind, and # to fast > forward. > >As far as I'm concerned pound and # are the same thing therefore the message can be translated but would be ridiculous as to fast forward would quit! Which language are to translating into? I am about to start on French, pound = # = di?se Maybe one day someone will translate into English :) pound = # = hash. -- Dave Cotton <dcotton@linuxautrement.com>
Hi,
I am translating the voice files of voicemail now. I don't know if the
POUND and # are the same key in the telephone's keypad. If they are same,
how could we understand the following message:
%vm-msginstruct.gsm%To hear the next message press 6, to repeat this message
press 5, to hear the previous message press 4, to delete or undelete this
message press seven, to quite voicemail press pound. During message playback,
you may press * to rewind, and # to fast forward.
Regards.
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