Re: [Freeswitch-users] Best way to determine if a bridge was successful in Lua
hrm...it's also seems to be that if my lua script looks like session:execute(bridge, sofia/gateway/XXX/0X) session:execute(bridge, sofia/gateway//XXX) if the first bridge fails, the session is immediately hungup, even if hangup_after_bridge is set to false...is this the intended behavior? I'm not trying to setup failover--I know I can use | to setup a bridge failover, but would like to retain use of the lua ivr script should a bridge fail. If I want to redirect to a voicemail or recorded message, on bridge fail, how can I do this? Thanks again. --matt On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Matthew Fong mattdf...@gmail.com wrote: I'm using a lua script to control an IVR, and would like to know how I can tell if a session:execute(bridge,sofia/gateway/blahblah); was successful or not it seems the response from session:execute is nil regardless if the bridge was successful or not whats the best way? Thanks --matt ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Re: [Freeswitch-users] Best way to determine if a bridge was successful in Lua
grr...continue_on_fail...ignore my ignorance ;) but it would still be nice getting a response back from the session:execute bridge --matt On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:09 PM, Matthew Fong mattdf...@gmail.com wrote: hrm...it's also seems to be that if my lua script looks like session:execute(bridge, sofia/gateway/XXX/0X) session:execute(bridge, sofia/gateway//XXX) if the first bridge fails, the session is immediately hungup, even if hangup_after_bridge is set to false...is this the intended behavior? I'm not trying to setup failover--I know I can use | to setup a bridge failover, but would like to retain use of the lua ivr script should a bridge fail. If I want to redirect to a voicemail or recorded message, on bridge fail, how can I do this? Thanks again. --matt On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Matthew Fong mattdf...@gmail.comwrote: I'm using a lua script to control an IVR, and would like to know how I can tell if a session:execute(bridge,sofia/gateway/blahblah); was successful or not it seems the response from session:execute is nil regardless if the bridge was successful or not whats the best way? Thanks --matt ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Re: [Freeswitch-users] Best way to determine if a bridge was successful in Lua
would you like to try this? bridge_hangup_cause = session:getVariable(bridge_hangup_cause) or session:getVariable(originate_disposition); if (bridge_hangup_cause == NORMAL_TEMPORARY_FAILURE or bridge_hangup_cause == NO_ROUTE_DESTINATION or bridge_hangup_cause == CALL_REJECTED) then -- blah... On May 22, 2009, at 2:14 PM, Matthew Fong wrote: grr...continue_on_fail...ignore my ignorance ;) but it would still be nice getting a response back from the session:execute bridge --matt On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:09 PM, Matthew Fong mattdf...@gmail.com wrote: hrm...it's also seems to be that if my lua script looks like session:execute(bridge, sofia/gateway/XXX/0X) session:execute(bridge, sofia/gateway//XXX) if the first bridge fails, the session is immediately hungup, even if hangup_after_bridge is set to false...is this the intended behavior? I'm not trying to setup failover--I know I can use | to setup a bridge failover, but would like to retain use of the lua ivr script should a bridge fail. If I want to redirect to a voicemail or recorded message, on bridge fail, how can I do this? Thanks again. --matt On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Matthew Fong mattdf...@gmail.com wrote: I'm using a lua script to control an IVR, and would like to know how I can tell if a session:execute(bridge,sofia/gateway/blahblah); was successful or not it seems the response from session:execute is nil regardless if the bridge was successful or not whats the best way? Thanks --matt ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Re: [Freeswitch-users] Retrieving voicemail
2009/5/20 Michael Collins m...@freeswitch.org: Lars, Thanks for pointing this out. I will update the wiki. The new way to check voicemail is to dial 4000 and then enter your extension. What version is that on? I just followed http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Quick_and_Dirty_Install and registered with 1000/1234 and then dialed 1000 which put me straight into voicemail. That link installs trunk, so should be the latest version and default config? Thanks. ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Re: [Freeswitch-users] text to speech IVRs and MOH
Thanks guys for a detailed reply specially pete. On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Peter P GMX prometheus...@gmx.net wrote: Thanks for this overwiev. One question: How does this compare to Cepstral TTS? Best regards Peter p...@privateconnect.com schrieb: I've spent the last 2-3 months on researching TTS and ASR for FS for a project. Best TTS depends on what you consider important. Also, how do you plan on using it. Here's some of the TTS engines I've run across with some pros/cons: Festivate Lite (flite) Pros: - Free (comes with FS) - simple to use - 16K voice sounds decent - Completely customizable Cons: - 8K voice sounds horrible over cell phone NeoSpeech (VoiceWare) (around $300/port for 1 voice + $75 each addl voice) Pros: - My selection for best soundig voices - Recently select by Stephen Hawkings for his voice (geek points!) - Lots of Languages supported - Free trial available Cons: - Custom C-Based API (FS interface coming soon) - Large file size (Engine + SDK + 1 Voice = 900MB) - Support is lacking (Company beed in Korean, time zone issues, etc) Nuance ($500/port for 1 voice) Pros: - Wide Variety of Products - Support MRCP - Supports ASR as well (add'l fees) - Excellent support - Free trial - Decent sounding voices at 8K and 16K - Wide range of tuning parameters Cons: - Pricey - Limited voice selection - Limited support for 64-bit linux ATT (NaturalVoice) (no pricing info available) Pros: - Big company (solid in marketplace) - Good suppport (user and developer) - ASP model means no software to maintain Cons: - ASP model incurs delay - Voices sound too digitized - Limited support for 64-bit linux Loquendo ($500/port for 1 voice + 15% addl voice) Pros: - Good sounding voices (almost as good as NeoSpeech) - Wide variety of languages - Excellent support - Has free 30 day trial - Supports MRCP - Support ASR and Voice Recognition as well. (add'l fees) - Small footprint ( 150MB) Cons: - Pricey - Complicated install process - Limited management/tuning capabilities In the end, it was down to NeoSpeech or Loquendo for our application. We are currently running tests with NeoSpeech and assuming all goes well, we will select them. Though don't let that color your opinion too much after several focus groups we discovered the most important element in the equation is does your customer/boss like the sound of the voices, and that is a completely subjective decision. -pete Original Message Subject: [Freeswitch-users] text to speech IVRs and MOH From: Saeed Ahmad saeedahmad1...@gmail.com Date: Tue, May 19, 2009 12:40 am To: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org Hi all, Could you guys recommend me any online text to speech IVR software which works OK with FS. i am using ATT site and for some IVRs i get sample rate errors. Also some resource to download more MOH wav files. Many thanks ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE: http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Re: [Freeswitch-users] Help regarding configuration of FreeSWITCH to act as transparent proxy
Hello, FS by design is B2BUA, and it cannot route INVITEs and other SIP methods. It can however, bridge a-leg to b-leg with or w/o media and doing plenty other cool stuff much better than commercial projects. I suggest joining us on irc to detail your setup so we can help you. Regards, Ognjen (sekil on #freeswitch). On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 7:24 AM, Rajagopal, Sridhar (Sridhar) sridh...@alcatel-lucent.com wrote: Hi all, I want to use FreeSWITCH as a SIP transparent proxy in session border controller application. Please let me know the changes in configuration files required to achieve this behaviour Thanks very much for the help. Regards, Sridhar ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Re: [Freeswitch-users] Help regarding configuration of FreeSWITCH to act as transparent proxy
This is also interesting for me, as I love freeswitch, and maintaining a single platform is easier, than handling various different ones. In the past years I did a couple of projects with OpenSER /openSIPS. These projects comprised: * registrar for the SIP user agents * handle invite messages (+ ringing, bye, ok, etc also of course) between registered user agents and user agents at external domains * rtp payload was a bit different from usual VoIP traffic (video parts, application sharing, file downloads etc.), but SDP was fine according to RFC, and OpenSER mediaproxy worked also * handling of peer-to-peer presence (SUBSCRIBE, MEASSAGE, OPTIONS) * The number of messages to handle was not that much (some thousand subs). For my understanding this should also be possible with Freeswitch with bypass_media. Right? Best regards Peter Ognjen Seslija schrieb: Hello, FS by design is B2BUA, and it cannot route INVITEs and other SIP methods. It can however, bridge a-leg to b-leg with or w/o media and doing plenty other cool stuff much better than commercial projects. I suggest joining us on irc to detail your setup so we can help you. Regards, Ognjen (sekil on #freeswitch). On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 7:24 AM, Rajagopal, Sridhar (Sridhar) sridh...@alcatel-lucent.com mailto:sridh...@alcatel-lucent.com wrote: Hi all, I want to use FreeSWITCH as a SIP transparent proxy in session border controller application. Please let me know the changes in configuration files required to achieve this behaviour Thanks very much for the help. Regards, Sridhar ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org mailto:Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Re: [Freeswitch-users] calls appear to be dropping ... from landlines
1) update to lastest trunk (you are at least 1000 revisions behind) 2) disable the presence debug in sofia.conf 3) enable sip trace instead sofia profile internal siptrace on 4) reproduce your problem. Make sure you include more of the log from before the hangup happened. The one you posted here is missing some of the info from the few seconds prior but with the incomplete info it looks like the other side sent a BYE ending the call. On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Dale Trub dalet...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Brian! To answer your questions: Freeswitch svn revision: 12148 Centos rev: 2.6.18-92.el5 And apologies, actually I guess we're using g711 not 729. Jason: I agree it would seem to be on the switch/telco side. And, the telco says many other people are in the same set-up as us and don't have any issues, so they're insisting it's on our end. On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Brian West br...@freeswitch.org wrote: On May 21, 2009, at 9:15 PM, Dale Trub wrote: We're running FreeSwitch as part of a teleconferencing service, inside a telcom (so no internet latency/NAT issues) and using g.729 So you're using g729 with conferences? We are receiving some complaints of dropped calls, including from landlines. This means they join the conference, and x minutes in they simply drop. I know that cellphones tend to drop calls frequently, but landlines are pretty reliable, and we're hearing it a lot. From the FreeSwitch side of things, it just looks like those callers hung up (but then dialed back in just a moment later). I'm attaching two different snippets of the FS log files where these issues are occurring. Next time please call them .txt because you cause extra work to have to open them otherwise. Does anyone have any recommendations about how to troubleshoot this? Any known issues/patches in FS that could be biting us? Depends you failed to include some very valid info such as what version or svn rev you're running and what linux distro. Is there some SIP logging we can do to debug? Yes covered on the wiki. http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Debugging_Freeswitch Are there any paid contractors avail who would have the expertise to look into this? email consult...@freeswitch.org Any help appreciated ... this is a major issue for us! Thanks much, -Dale Brian West br...@freeswitch.org -- Meet us at ClueCon! http://www.cluecon.com ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org -- Anthony Minessale II FreeSWITCH http://www.freeswitch.org/ ClueCon http://www.cluecon.com/ AIM: anthm MSN:anthony_miness...@hotmail.com msn%3aanthony_miness...@hotmail.com GTALK/JABBER/PAYPAL:anthony.miness...@gmail.compaypal%3aanthony.miness...@gmail.com IRC: irc.freenode.net #freeswitch FreeSWITCH Developer Conference sip:8...@conference.freeswitch.org sip%3a...@conference.freeswitch.org iax:gu...@conference.freeswitch.org/888 googletalk:conf+...@conference.freeswitch.orggoogletalk%3aconf%2b...@conference.freeswitch.org pstn:213-799-1400 ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Re: [Freeswitch-users] Secure RTP
On May 22, 2009, at 12:47 AM, Jim Burke wrote: Hey Brian, Will have a look at ZRTP :) Not sure I understand your comments regarding its all over once receiving the 415 from the B party. Is'nt that what parm continue_on_fail does? The fact that it sends the invite back out sorta proves this. The A-LEG has to hangup to re-enable SRTP it can't do it if it didn't invite with it in the first place. The other point of interest here is that if you set action application=export data=sip_secure_media=true/ before the first bridge function it will include the security descriptions in the B leg INVITE even when the A leg does not have them and the call will succeed. The B Eyebeam will show the locked padlock while A does not. Make sure you do not answer the call before you do it. From what I can see in code it is this guy that must stop it all from happening. TFLAG_SECURE But I dont understand why :( Again you have to invite to FS with crypto it can't magically cause crypto to work unless you initiate it with your first invite. Regards, Jim Brian West br...@freeswitch.org -- Meet us at ClueCon! http://www.cluecon.com ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Re: [Freeswitch-users] Retrieving voicemail
You have old configs with the old method in it if you had a previous install it won't overwrite the configs with new ones. /b On May 22, 2009, at 2:31 AM, Gavin Henry wrote: What version is that on? I just followed http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Quick_and_Dirty_Install and registered with 1000/1234 and then dialed 1000 which put me straight into voicemail. That link installs trunk, so should be the latest version and default config? Thanks. Brian West br...@freeswitch.org -- Meet us at ClueCon! http://www.cluecon.com ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Re: [Freeswitch-users] Retrieving voicemail
2009/5/22 Brian West br...@freeswitch.org: You have old configs with the old method in it if you had a previous install it won't overwrite the configs with new ones. Ah, will re-install ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Re: [Freeswitch-users] IMPORTANT: Latest FreeSWITCH SVN Updates - Bootstrap Required
What problems will a Windows user have when updating with Tortoise SVN? -Original Message- From: Michael Collins m...@freeswitch.org To: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org; freeswitch-...@lists.freeswitch.org freeswitch-...@lists.freeswitch.org Sent: Thu, 21 May 2009 8:54 pm Subject: [Freeswitch-users] IMPORTANT: Latest FreeSWITCH SVN Updates - Bootstrap Required FYI, We just want to let everyone know that we have made a few updates that will require a rebootstrap. One of the key updates was a security fix for libsndfile. In this particular case it won't be possible simply to make current like you normally do. Here is a common set of commands for a typical Linux rebootstrap: cd /usr/src/freeswitch.trunk make clean svn up ./bootstrap.sh ./configure make install NOTE: if you've got the libzrtp file and you've already run the buildzrtp.sh script then be sure to use ./configure --enable-zrtp in the above operation. Thank you for your continued support of the FreeSWITCH project! -Michael S Collins http://www.cluecon.com ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Re: [Freeswitch-users] IMPORTANT: Latest FreeSWITCH SVN Updates - Bootstrap Required
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 7:58 AM, mszla...@aol.com wrote: What problems will a Windows user have when updating with Tortoise SVN? I haven't had a chance to test it out but what I would do is update and then rebuild solution and see how it goes. Let us know if you run into any issues. -MC ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Re: [Freeswitch-users] IMPORTANT: Latest FreeSWITCH SVN Updates - Bootstrap Required
Windows should have to clean the solution and rebuild /b On May 22, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Michael Collins wrote: On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 7:58 AM, mszla...@aol.com wrote: What problems will a Windows user have when updating with Tortoise SVN? I haven't had a chance to test it out but what I would do is update and then rebuild solution and see how it goes. Let us know if you run into any issues. -MC Brian West br...@freeswitch.org -- Meet us at ClueCon! http://www.cluecon.com ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Re: [Freeswitch-users] Cool names for my VoIP company
Dasbus On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 23:26, Diego Viola diego.vi...@gmail.com wrote: Hey guys, I'm about to start my own ITSP with FreeSWITCH, and I'm looking some cool names for my VoIP company, if you know some please tell me :) Diego ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org -- Shannon ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Re: [Freeswitch-users] Cool names for my VoIP company
VoiceCLOUD CLOUDvoice GlobalVoice VoiceUP voicEVERYthing VoicEnterprise S/IP (Services over IP) GlobalSIP VoiPLATFORM Best regards, -E Gpro.ws ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Re: [Freeswitch-users] Cool names for my VoIP company
I say bkw_ On May 22, 2009, at 10:45 AM, SP wrote: Dasbus Brian West br...@freeswitch.org -- Meet us at ClueCon! http://www.cluecon.com ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Re: [Freeswitch-users] text to speech IVRs and MOH
Neospeech does have the best voices. I looked at Neospeech months ago and talked to a rep. Then he quoted me a price per port of over $1000.00. Looks like they really have done some big price adjustments. -Original Message- From: Saeed Ahmad saeedahmad1...@gmail.com To: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org Sent: Fri, 22 May 2009 2:01 am Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] text to speech IVRs and MOH Thanks guys for a detailed reply specially pete. On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Peter P GMX prometheus...@gmx.net wrote: Thanks for this overwiev. One question: How does this compare to Cepstral TTS? Best regards Peter p...@privateconnect.com schrieb: I've spent the last 2-3 months on researching TTS and ASR for FS for a project. ?Best TTS depends on what you consider important. ?Also, how do you plan on using it. Here's some of the TTS engines I've run across with some pros/cons: Festivate Lite (flite) Pros: - Free (comes with FS) - simple to use - 16K voice sounds decent - Completely customizable Cons: - 8K voice sounds horrible over cell phone NeoSpeech (VoiceWare) (around $300/port for 1 voice + $75 each addl voice) Pros: - My selection for best soundig voices - Recently select by Stephen Hawkings for his voice (geek points!) - Lots of Languages supported - Free trial available Cons: - Custom C-Based API (FS interface coming soon) - Large file size (Engine + SDK + 1 Voice = 900MB) - Support is lacking (Company beed in Korean, time zone issues, etc) Nuance ($500/port for 1 voice) Pros: - Wide Variety of Products - Support MRCP - Supports ASR as well (add'l fees) - Excellent support - Free trial - Decent sounding voices at 8K and 16K - Wide range of tuning parameters Cons: - Pricey - Limited voice selection - Limited support for 64-bit linux ATT (NaturalVoice) (no pricing info available) Pros: - Big company (solid in marketplace) - Good suppport (user and developer) - ASP model means no software to maintain Cons: - ASP model incurs delay - Voices sound too digitized - Limited support for 64-bit linux Loquendo ($500/port for 1 voice + 15% addl voice) Pros: - Good sounding voices (almost as good as NeoSpeech) - Wide variety of languages - Excellent support - Has free 30 day trial - Supports MRCP - Support ASR and Voice Recognition as well. (add'l fees) - Small footprint ( 150MB) Cons: - Pricey - Complicated install process - Limited management/tuning capabilities In the end, it was down to NeoSpeech or Loquendo for our application. ?We are currently running tests with NeoSpeech and assuming all goes well, we will select them. ?Though don't let that color your opinion too much after several focus groups we discovered the most important element in the equation is does your customer/boss like the sound of the voices, and that is a completely subjective decision. -pete ? ? Original Message ? ? Subject: [Freeswitch-users] text to speech IVRs and MOH ? ? From: Saeed Ahmad saeedahmad1...@gmail.com ? ? Date: Tue, May 19, 2009 12:40 am ? ? To: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org ? ? Hi all, ? ? Could you guys recommend me any online text to speech IVR software ? ? which works OK with FS. i am using ATT site and for some IVRs i ? ? get sample rate errors. Also some resource to download more MOH ? ? wav files. ? ? Many thanks ? ? ? ? ___ ? ? Freeswitch-users mailing list ? ? Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org ? ? http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users ? ? UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users ? ? http://www.freeswitch.org ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users
Re: [Freeswitch-users] text to speech IVRs and MOH
Just to followup on Cepstral. I used Cepstral for an Asterisk project a while back. So my information may be dated. I had not considered the for this project based on quality of voices.Pros:- Cheaper than other solutions ($50/port, $30/voice)- Well documented- Good Support- Supports MRCP- Has ASP ModelCons:- Voices sounded a bit too digital - Limited Languages available- Somewhat difficult install- Lacking a wide range of tuning options Original Message Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] text to speech IVRs and MOH From: Saeed Ahmad saeedahmad1...@gmail.com Date: Fri, May 22, 2009 2:01 am To: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org Thanks guys for a detailed reply specially pete. On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Peter P GMX prometheus...@gmx.net wrote: Thanks for this overwiev.One question: How does this compare to Cepstral TTS?Best regards Peterp...@privateconnect.com schrieb:I've spent the last 2-3 months on researching TTS and ASR for FS for a project. Best TTS depends on what you consider important. Also, how do you plan on using it. Here's some of the TTS engines I've run across with some pros/cons: Festivate Lite (flite) Pros: - Free (comes with FS) - simple to use - 16K voice sounds decent - Completely customizable Cons: - 8K voice sounds horrible over cell phone NeoSpeech (VoiceWare) (around $300/port for 1 voice + $75 each addl voice) Pros: - My selection for best soundig voices - Recently select by Stephen Hawkings for his voice (geek points!) - Lots of Languages supported - Free trial available Cons: - Custom C-Based API (FS interface coming soon) - Large file size (Engine + SDK + 1 Voice = 900MB) - Support is lacking (Company beed in Korean, time zone issues, etc) Nuance ($500/port for 1 voice) Pros: - Wide Variety of Products - Support MRCP - Supports ASR as well (add'l fees) - Excellent support - Free trial - Decent sounding voices at 8K and 16K - Wide range of tuning parameters Cons: - Pricey - Limited voice selection - Limited support for 64-bit linux ATT (NaturalVoice) (no pricing info available) Pros: - Big company (solid in marketplace) - Good suppport (user and developer) - ASP model means no software to maintain Cons: - ASP model incurs delay - Voices sound too digitized - Limited support for 64-bit linux Loquendo ($500/port for 1 voice + 15% addl voice) Pros: - Good sounding voices (almost as good as NeoSpeech) - Wide variety of languages - Excellent support - Has free 30 day trial - Supports MRCP - Support ASR and Voice Recognition as well. (add'l fees) - Small footprint ( 150MB) Cons: - Pricey - Complicated install process - Limited management/tuning capabilities In the end, it was down to NeoSpeech or Loquendo for our application. We are currently running tests with NeoSpeech and assuming all goes well, we will select them. Though don't let that color your opinion too much after several "focus groups" we discovered the most important element in the equation is does your customer/boss like the sound of the voices, and that is a completely subjective decision. -pete Original Message Subject: [Freeswitch-users] text to speech IVRs and MOH From: Saeed Ahmad saeedahmad1...@gmail.comDate: Tue, May 19, 2009 12:40 am To: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org Hi all, Could you guys recommend me any online text to speech IVR softwarewhich works OK with FS. i am using ATT site and for some IVRs i get sample rate errors. Also some resource to download more MOH wav files. Many thanks ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-usersUNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org___Freeswitch-users mailing listFreeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-usersUNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users
Re: [Freeswitch-users] Cool names for my VoIP company
how about InterTalk or InterMedia? -nandy === LanVox Systems Lapulapu City, Philippines 6015 Mobile: +63-920-6373450 Phone: +63-32-3401807 USA: +1-360-8122281 http://sites.google.com/site/lanvoxphils On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Brian West br...@freeswitch.org wrote: I say bkw_ On May 22, 2009, at 10:45 AM, SP wrote: Dasbus Brian West br...@freeswitch.org -- Meet us at ClueCon! http://www.cluecon.com ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Re: [Freeswitch-users] Cool names for my VoIP company
Voila itself is a good name. ;) VoilaVoIP On May 22, 2009, at 12:26 PM, Diego Viola wrote: Hey guys, I'm about to start my own ITSP with FreeSWITCH, and I'm looking some cool names for my VoIP company, if you know some please tell me :) Diego ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
Re: [Freeswitch-users] Cool names for my VoIP company
How about larynxvoip /b On May 22, 2009, at 7:10 PM, dujinfang wrote: Voila itself is a good name. ;) VoilaVoIP Brian West br...@freeswitch.org -- Meet us at ClueCon! http://www.cluecon.com ___ Freeswitch-users mailing list Freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org
