unfortunately the federal government in Canada mandates this and in Quebec if you don't do it, you can be charged with a criminal offense.
French Canada farts in your general direction. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 1:11 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] change languages from an IVR I've come across this in my dealings with my customers in Toronto. As an Englishman I find it most infuriating. French is after all, the most hated language in the world from an Englishmans perspective ;-} Mark, G7LTT/KC2ENI Randolph, NJ http://www.g7ltt.com Derek Whitten wrote: > Colin Anderson wrote: > >>>But, AFAIK, when they get to voicemail, the greeting is not based on >>>the language setting, so you have to record it in those 3 languages, >>>which makes a pretty long greeting >> >> >>This is common in Canada which has 2 official languages. The convention here >>is to intersperse the secondary language with the primary language so a non >>native English speaker can follow what is going on: >> >>"Hi, no one can take your call right now / Bonjour, personne ne peuvent >>prendre votre appel en ce moment / Please leave a message and I will return >>your call as soon as possible / Veuillez laisser un message et je renverrai >>votre appel aussitôt que possible" >> >>3 might be a stretch though. >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- >> >>Asterisk-Users mailing list >>To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > maybe break the languages into smaller pieces? > > for french, press 1... for english, press 2... > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
