The trick is to set up a special exten in asterisk that auto-answers. This prevents you from having to answer your phone before it dials out.
I am generally reluctant to plug things, but this app really cranks me up. It is simple and effective, and the price is right. If you use Windows, this is a killer app to augment your asterisk system with. Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Blaine Aldridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: October 30, 2006 6:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Using Outlook Auto-dialer with > Cisco 7960s & Asterisk > > I use http://www.snapanumber.com and according to their > website it works with outlook. It's not a softphone though it > can work with one. > I click a number on a website or type it into the box and it > calls my desk phone, when I pickup it dials the outbound > number that I clicked. > There's a free and a pro version. > > To quote their website and a TAUG member, > > "Snap delivers one of the most significant improvements I > have ever seen in the way I make calls. With it's intuitive > interface, simplicity, and built-in intelligence, all of my > phone calls are now just a click away. I'm in love with Snap, > and can't imagine how I got along without it!" -- Jim Van > Meggelen - Asterisk: The Future of Telephony > > Blaine Aldridge > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.17/505 - Release > Date: 27/10/2006 >
