RE: [Asterisk-Users] Dialer

[Kerry Garrison]

Title: Dialer

You actually aren't far from it. If the system only needs to play the same file to each person, a simple script can be used to pull from a database and create call files. Asterisk will use the call files to place the calls and play a sound. A few minutes of searching on that should get you started. I haven't seen anyone else have a canned script ready to go, but would like to know if anyone does.

-Kerry

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wiley Siler
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 3:32 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Dialer

Hello All,

I am having trouble finding a specific * piece of software so I thought I would see If you guys can help me get my terminology clear.

First off let me premise this with "no, this is absolutely not for doing call marketing".
I need to make my Asterisk box call a group of people and play them a message.
My company deals with education so we need to do follow ups if students are not logging on.
We do this manually now but it would be easier and cheaper to just play them a message.

What is the term I should be looking for?  I keep thinking "auto dialer" or something like that but I am not quite getting there.

Any help would be appreciated.  I have been learning a bit of Perl so I was thinking I could auto generate and AGI file and then just do a Play() of the mp3 when they pick up at the other end?  Seems a little kludge though.

Thanks,
Wiley

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