asterisk users - Sep 2005 - Best way to create IVR/voicemail system

Hello

I want to setup a system where people can dial a number and then a system 
will ask them questions for which they will leave answers.  Eg something 
like this:

Answer
Playback(whatisyournamemsg)
Record(yourname:gsm)
Playback(whatisyourheight)
Record(yourheight:gsm)
Playback(thankyou)
Hangup

Is this the best way to do this sort of thing?  Do users then just access 
the responses by eg *98<number> - or does this work a little differently
to
voicemail?  How do we retrieve the responses?

Angus

Angus,

  This might get you started.  As an IVR developer, these examples seem
pretty complex for a very simple action.  I am also fairly new to *, so
maybe I am wrong and will figure it out as I learn more.

http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk+cmd+Record

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+tips+ivr+menu

Shawn

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Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Best way to create IVR/voicemail system

Hello

I want to setup a system where people can dial a number and then a system
will ask them questions for which they will leave answers.  Eg something
like this:

Answer
Playback(whatisyournamemsg)
Record(yourname:gsm)
Playback(whatisyourheight)
Record(yourheight:gsm)
Playback(thankyou)
Hangup

Is this the best way to do this sort of thing?  Do users then just access
the responses by eg *98<number> - or does this work a little differently
to
voicemail?  How do we retrieve the responses?

Angus


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