Re: [SLUG] vgetty add-ons/voice menus.
>Is it better to just write a dedicated app and maybe even copy some >code. You could integrate major or optional apps such as vgetty and the >speach to text. >I just know I have always had problems when it requires 10 different >packages to get something to work. >What do people suggest? How would you all approach the development? One approach I like (because I like TCL) is the Cisco IVR TCL extensions. (search google or http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/access/acs_serv/vapp_dev/index.htm ) The calltree package 'nodes' are a sort of state machine thing. Pretty soon you run out of puff and want expressions and control statements and the rest. TCL is lightweight in every area but the learning :( To allow a GUI designer with sort of blocks you could move around and connect would be a project. (To see what I mean, http://users.bart.nl/~myorck/TCL/index.html and download / try the "Control loop layout tool" ). Trying to find the balance between ease of use and power. Jamie -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] vgetty add-ons/voice menus.
On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, George Vieira wrote: > Actually even better, use the good old scrolling or flashing CAP,NUM,SCROLL > LEDS on the keyboard... Just to let you know there are messages. > Wouldn't work - I'd see this as a small stand-alone box, a la Qube but smaller, no kbd or rodentia... -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] vgetty add-ons/voice menus.
> I found calltree at > ftp://spoon.beta.com/pub/voice/calltreeB2.tgz If you managed to suck down the tarball, I'd greatly appreciate it if you could email it to me as I've been trying to connect to that site all day... it appears dead.. in fact, I can't even pull an A record out from their NS for www.beta.com But the description sounds like exactly what I need. :) //umar. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] vgetty add-ons/voice menus.
I found calltree at ftp://spoon.beta.com/pub/voice/calltreeB2.tgz Other people have reported that cheapo voice modems are pretty unreliable for heavy duty dial in use. Jamie -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] vgetty add-ons/voice menus.
On Fri, 25 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > An excellent and worthy project - but why the LCD > display ? Well my wife would rather walk up to LCD display on the wall and press the up and down arrows to scroll through the messages and play them rather than telnet into a box. This is based on historical findings in that any time she goes to use the family computer I have _always_ mucked about with some network/authentication/electrical thing and it never works the same as it did last time (even though I have not actually physically touched the box). I would expect to have multiple interfaces, web, console, remote (via phone) and LCD. Um, another issue. How would people prefer a system to be built. I would naturally build such a system for myself out of differrent programs (vgetty/speach generator) glued together with something like Perl. Problem is this then becomes an authors tool because of the all the modules and configs one needs to get going. Is it better to just write a dedicated app and maybe even copy some code. You could integrate major or optional apps such as vgetty and the speach to text. I just know I have always had problems when it requires 10 different packages to get something to work. What do people suggest? How would you all approach the development? Rodos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] vgetty add-ons/voice menus.
Actually even better, use the good old scrolling or flashing CAP,NUM,SCROLL LEDS on the keyboard... Just to let you know there are messages. Even speaking out the message via Text to Speech (I did have that running once) "You have 3 messages".. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 11:09 AM To: Rodos Cc: Sydney Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [SLUG] vgetty add-ons/voice menus. > > I have been thinking of a simular project, a Linux based answering > machine. An excellent and worthy project - but why the LCD display ? Subscribing to the KISS principal, have Ye Olde Fashing Red LED if there are new messages - you can then telnet to the box to collect them. Would also allow you to telnet in remotely (maybe a web interface ?) to change message redirection, etc. Jon P.S. When you get it working, I want one...:P-) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] vgetty add-ons/voice menus.
Check out MVM: http://www-internal.alphanet.ch/~schaefer/mvm/ It looks like it'll do quite a bit - or at the very least, serve as a codebase of sorts for hack'n'slash :) //umar. On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Rodos wrote: > * VModem attached to phone line and Linux box > > * Will answer phone after n rings > > * Checks caller id of call, might not answer if its a certain number etc > > * Custom welcome messages if it recognises the number. "Hi Jamie they > aren't home but you can leave a message". > > * Give an option of people to leave a message for. "Press 1 for Rod, 2 for > Amanda or 3 if you are trying to sell something." > > * For certain users email them the recorded message. > > * Maybe have an LCD display interface for checking missed calls and for > listening to messages. > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] vgetty add-ons/voice menus.
> > I have been thinking of a simular project, a Linux based answering > machine. An excellent and worthy project - but why the LCD display ? Subscribing to the KISS principal, have Ye Olde Fashing Red LED if there are new messages - you can then telnet to the box to collect them. Would also allow you to telnet in remotely (maybe a web interface ?) to change message redirection, etc. Jon P.S. When you get it working, I want one...:P-) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] vgetty add-ons/voice menus.
On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Umar Goldeli wrote: > In short, I would like to create a DTMF (IVR) menu system - I know vgetty > has hooks for it - but I believe that there are other applications out > there for Linux that make Life Easier(tm) ... for example, something > called "Calltree" (which I would have loved to look at, but it seems that > their homepage doesn't exist anymore *sigh*). > > Oh, and ideally this piece of software also records messages as well. I have been thinking of a simular project, a Linux based answering machine. Here is what I was thinking of doing. * VModem attached to phone line and Linux box * Will answer phone after n rings * Checks caller id of call, might not answer if its a certain number etc * Custom welcome messages if it recognises the number. "Hi Jamie they aren't home but you can leave a message". * Give an option of people to leave a message for. "Press 1 for Rod, 2 for Amanda or 3 if you are trying to sell something." * For certain users email them the recorded message. * Maybe have an LCD display interface for checking missed calls and for listening to messages. The reasoning behind all this is the plain old answering machine just don't cut it. I want to be able to choose who I want to let leave a message. I also want to be able to get messages anywhere without having to dial the machine up. Rodos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] vgetty add-ons/voice menus.
> I can't really help you, but thought I'd mention a project I've been > thinking about. *sigh* :P > You could then react by calling an IVR type machine, and and after entering > a password, and maybe checking callerid as well, have a menu from which you > could issue commands, like "Which machine would you like to reboot?", > "Where would you like to ping?", "Where would you like to go today?" etc. >From what I can see of the vgetty documentation - something like this would be quite simple if you kept the menu trees smallish and you had one "user" etc... You can easily get something to ssh out and issue a command.. Sounds like a good idea though.. it'd be nice being able to dial a box and hit "1" for "ping " and "tell me the response times" :) //umar. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] vgetty add-ons/voice menus.
G'day I can't really help you, but thought I'd mention a project I've been thinking about. Basically at the moment I use netsaint which pages me when things go wrong. You could then react by calling an IVR type machine, and and after entering a password, and maybe checking callerid as well, have a menu from which you could issue commands, like "Which machine would you like to reboot?", "Where would you like to ping?", "Where would you like to go today?" etc. Obviously your commands are quite limited, but I know in my case when there is a problem, the fix is usually always the same and straightforward, namely reboot the Terminal Adapter. Also we use an APC masterswitch which is a kewl device for remotely (telnet, http, etc) rebooting comms equipment in case anyone was wondering :) Brock Henry At 09:39 25/08/2000 +1000, you wrote: >Goodmorning, > >After having spent the past few hours following dead links and generally >unproductive efforts,I have decided to post here in the hope that some has >done this before and can tell me all about it. :) > >In short, I would like to create a DTMF (IVR) menu system - I know vgetty >has hooks for it - but I believe that there are other applications out >there for Linux that make Life Easier(tm) ... for example, something >called "Calltree" (which I would have loved to look at, but it seems that >their homepage doesn't exist anymore *sigh*). > >Oh, and ideally this piece of software also records messages as well. > >Have any of you done this? Any ideas? Pointers to where Calltree's new >home is? > >Danke muchly. > > >//umar. > > > >-- >SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ >More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug * Brock Henry - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H) - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (W) Adventure? Excitement? A Jedi craves not these things. * -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] vgetty add-ons/voice menus.
Goodmorning, After having spent the past few hours following dead links and generally unproductive efforts,I have decided to post here in the hope that some has done this before and can tell me all about it. :) In short, I would like to create a DTMF (IVR) menu system - I know vgetty has hooks for it - but I believe that there are other applications out there for Linux that make Life Easier(tm) ... for example, something called "Calltree" (which I would have loved to look at, but it seems that their homepage doesn't exist anymore *sigh*). Oh, and ideally this piece of software also records messages as well. Have any of you done this? Any ideas? Pointers to where Calltree's new home is? Danke muchly. //umar. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
