Re: [Asterisk-Users] incoming DTMF on iConnectHere?

2004-06-11 Thread Doug Kennedy
John Todd wrote:
I will be removing their configuration hints from my sample files and 
will not be referencing them any longer in any of the talks I provide. 
I signed up with them because of your examples and article.  Even though 
I don't use them for inbound calls, I can't stand to see people treated 
that way.  What the heck kind of phone company doesn't have a phone for 
customer service?

They're not going to go broke over my decision, but when my deposited 
money runs out I'm switching to another provider.  If anyone has a 
suggestion for another pay-per-minute provider with good US, France, 
and/or Taiwan rates I would appreciate it.

Doug Kennedy
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[Asterisk-Users] Simplified Voicemail app / keeping peace with cohabitants

2004-06-11 Thread Doug Kennedy
Hello,
I have modified the VoiceMailMain application to satisfy the request of 
the "local users", i.e., my wife.  She lost patience with too many 
options (we have one mailbox, so we don't need to forward messages, or 
reply to messages, or file them in 6 different folders...)  So the 
modified app  says "Message 1", reads the message, "Message 2", reads... 
"Last Message", reads the message, says "Goodbye."  If you call again 
you get the Old message folder instead of the New message folder.  The 
only special feature is pressing the 6 button skips to the next 
message.  You want to go back?  Hang up and call voicemail again. It's 
far too worthless to include in the CVS but if it would help you out, I 
can mail you a copy.

Truth is she's been bent out of shape ever since I bought the Digium 
FXO/FXS card, rewired all the house phones and have been spending too 
much time hunched over the server figuring out that call progress 
doesn't work, like every other newbie on the list :)  Making the dial 
plan appear like a 'regular' phone, and this voicemail patch have 
soothed things considerably.

The benefit of all this technology is that she doesn't have to dial the 
800 number to access the assorted calling card providers we use.  I can 
even change them in the background and she'll never know!

Doug Kennedy
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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Exit Voicemail to VoicemailMain?

2004-06-11 Thread Doug Kennedy
Michael Welter wrote:
I would like to call my own DID number from outside, get into 
voicemail, and then push '#' to exit into VoicemailMain.  Is there a 
way to do this?
This works for me, dial '89' while listening to the greeting and
it hops over to voicemailmain.  This would be in your incoming call context.
I've not tried a exten => #,... I suppose it could work too.
exten => s,1,Answer
exten => s,2,Wait(1)
exten => s,3,Background(/var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/default/21/unavail)
exten => s,4,Voicemail2(s21)
exten => s,5,Congestion
exten => s,6,Hangup
exten => 89,1,Answer
exten => 89,2,VoiceMailMain2(s21)
exten => 89,3,Wait(5)
exten => 89,4,Hangup
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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Simplified Voicemail app / keeping peace withcohabitants

2004-06-11 Thread Doug Kennedy
Jay Milk wrote:
You just put into words exactly what I've been contemplating over the
last few weeks.  All voicemail systems have pretty much the same set of
functions, just different keys to access them.  Wouldn't it be great if
we could configure the voicemail menus and prompts?  If ever I find time
again (my 2-wk old son is my newest "project"), I'll take a look at the
sources and see what it would take.
Then we could have "skins" to emulate our fave voicemail systems... 
Meridian...
Ericson... etc.

Making digit X do function Y would be easy enough, but there are also some
fine points that could be considered-- for example, to delete a message 
you're listening to:

On meridian VM, pressing "76" during message playback erases the message and
advances to the next message.  7 = message options, 6 = delete message.
On Comedian mail, pressing a key (like 7) advances to the end of the 
message.
You must then hit the key to delete the message again.

On AT&T cell phone VM, you can't skip past a message PERIOD.  Burn your
minutes until the message is finished, then press 7.  I'm sure some 
corporate
business school type figured out that extra revenues generated by a retarded
voicemail system exceeded the revenue lost by ticking off users...

But this sounds like a great idea, switching between systems is beginning
to make my head hurt!

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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Exit Voicemail to VoicemailMain?

2004-06-11 Thread Doug Kennedy
Doug Kennedy wrote:
Michael Welter wrote:
I would like to call my own DID number from outside, get into 
voicemail, and then push '#' to exit into VoicemailMain.  Is there a 
way to do this?

Regarding this question, I just saw that on the Asterisk-CVS list as a 
change to app_voicemail.c:

"If the caller presses '0' (zero) during the prompt, the call jumps to\n"
"priority 'o' in the current context.\n"
+"If the caller presses '*' during the prompt, the call jumps to\n"
+"priority 'a' in the current context.\n"
"If the requested mailbox does not exist, and there exists a priority\n"
"n + 101, then that priority will be taken next.\n"
So you can press '*' or '0' and get into VoiceMailMain... probably could make it
'#' with a little search-and-replace.
This also is another answer to checking for a valid VM box as well.
THANKS, as always, to the developers!


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