Steve Matzura
2023-Jun-17 00:29 UTC
[asterisk-users] Expanding my answering-machine system
You all know the story--give the customer/client what they ask for, and if they like it, they'll be back for more. Such is just so with my one-trick-pony answering-machine project. Now the other two musicians in my virtual band want the following capabilities: 1. The ability to dial the main number from outside our three-party network and hit a button, like 1, 2 or 3, while the outgoing message is playing which will ring one of the parties now in the system. Alternatively, press a button and have everybody's phone ring and someone will eventually pick up in their studio. 2. Check voicemail remotely when not on the local network with a phone connected to the system. This is emminently doable and well described on how to do it in my book, but I have a question about how to invoke the VoicemailMain() function while the outgoing message is playing. Is it as easy as creating an extension whose number is "#" and send that to VoicemailMain()? As always, thanks in advance for a kick in the right direction.
On 6/16/23 20:29, Steve Matzura wrote:> As always, thanks in advance for a kick in the right direction.For both capabilities, you can use Background() instead of Playback() for audio prompts. Background() allows for interrupting the prompts and continue on with your dialplan. Doug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20230617/3a10a656/attachment.html>