Hello Clayton, Is there chances that you share your work with the list :) I am planning to create an Asterisk testing tool, - Generate call to an other Asterisk Box - Check if the Asterisk answer correctly - Check if the application is well played, etc...
I guess your application would be a good starting point ;) Ideas would be really appreciated! Cheers, Areski On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 20:33, Clayton Smith wrote: > Hey thanks, thats a great idea too > > Basicly just check for a pause, if i don't get one quickly, then its an > answering machine > > And both ideas are compatible, so i could do both at the same time > > > Chears > > > Scott Stingel wrote: > > >Answering machine detection is usually accomplished by analysing the timing > >of the voice energy in the initial answer period. People usually answer by > >saying: "Hello", "Frank Giwerski", "Pencil sharpening department", or > >something fairly short, whereas answering messages are usually longer. > > > >So, I think the usualy method is to have the software "listen" to the voice > >energy for some initial period until there's a pause, and decide based on > >the duration of this energy whether it's a human or machine. > > > >But listening for a beep, although less efficient maybe, might work too! > > > >Regards > >Scott > > > > > >Scott M. Stingel > >President, > >Emerging Voice Technology, Inc. > >Palo Alto California & London England > >www.evtmedia.com > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clayton Smith > >Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 11:07 AM > >To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > >Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Leaving messages on answering machines (no its > >notspam) > > > >Hey there > > > >I'm trying to get asterisk to leave messages on answering machines So i have > >a pretty cool php notifying script (it notifys, it doesn't > >spam!!) to phones and cellphones > > > >Now all is fine if a human picks up, but if an answering machine picks up, > >well the script plays, but only the ending is recorded > > > >So really, the tricky part is knowing WHEN to leave a message > > > >Now to the best of my knowledge, there is no way to tell when an answering > >machine picks it (be it the "sprint cellphone operator", or a home owned > >cellphone), but i was thinking... > > > >I could play my script using an EAGI script So i get extensions to run an > >EAGI script, that then manages everything, So when the call is picked up, > >relay the message, but if a high pitched beep is detected (via the EAGI > >script), repeat the message from scratch > > > >Now I'm no expert on asterisk, and i can see that this method could be a > >little buggy, so I'm wondering if there are any suggestions or if there is a > >better way to leaving messages on answering machines > > > >Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated Thanks > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Asterisk-Users mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Asterisk-Users mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
