[Asterisk-Users] Text entry by DTMF

reseaux
Tue, 11 Nov 2003 04:10:06 -0000

Hi Steve
	very nice application i have think about that for Yellow page APP is possible
to reach this point with your app?
Thanks in advance
DImitri

On Sunday 09 November 2003 14:00, Steve Underwood wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've kind of ported a DTMF text extry method I wrote some time ago for
> Dialogic. It is now a semi-working Asterisk app. I've still got to
clean
> up some stuff in how Festival is used to read back what is entered, and
> then I think it should be OK.
>
> Would anyone here find this useful? It takes an entered string, and
> returns it as a variable. It might sound clunky, but for short entry of
> things like names, it actually works quite well. What I am looking for
> right now is ideas on what people might need in such a facility, to I
> can tie down the loose ends. Right now it takes:
>     - a variable name to be used when returning the string
>     - some pre-existing entered digits, that might have come from a
> previous step in a sequence of activities (e.g. if you press a digit at
> a menu prompt, you might what that digit to be the first digit of the
> text entry process).
>     - the maximum length of the entered text
>     - an overall timeout, so the entry cannot go on forever.
>
> The software uses Festival to read back what is entered. It has numeric,
> lower case, upper case and symbol modes, and can switch freely between
> them. The entry technique has been field proven in the Dialogic version.
>
> Any useful input much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Steve