If the users are going to call in, it sounds like what you need is a 900
number. If you find a good provider of 900 numbers, they will have a switch
that will allow multiple users to access the sysytem simultaneously. They
would store the audio files on their system and they could also provide the
programming for the menu system to let the users choose which file they
wanted to hear. The provider would also do the billing for you so you
wouldn't have to worry about accepting payment. If you were to do this on
your own system, you would need a pbx (private branch exchange) to handle
several callers at once. Another option would be to have the files available
over the Internet as streaming audio (like Real Audio) and have the files
accessible on a paid basis.
----- Original Message -----
From: "patricia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "patricia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 12:28 AM
Subject: [SaF] what would it be called ??
>
> Hi to all...
>
> what would this sort of feature or process be called?
> I am not familiar with the terminology...
>
> I need to figure out what sort of software and equipment
> I would need to accomplish the following:
>
> Question: what could make this work ??
>
> I want to have the capability of 3+ different phone callers be
> able to call my HD and access 8minute audio files to listen
> to via phone... I want the callers to be able to punch in their
> access codes or credit card billing information right their over their
> touch tone phone and be processed in a completely
> automated fashion here at my place... even when I am not here....
>
>
> the audio files don't have to be ON the HD if there was another
> way to do it... some sort of other automated process...
> I don't know what's available or what would be best to do...
>
> I just know the end result I want to accomplish...
>
> everything needs to be completely automated...
>
> any suggestions of advice sincerely appreciated...
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> ----- and for those of you curious how my last situation turned
> out ( where I lost my original website after changing servers/ HOSTS
> and having the DNS redirected before saving a copy of my website
> outside of my HD website creation software...)
>
> here's the update:
>
> someone gave me the tip of going to
> google.com to see if my web site had been cached...
> it had... (for the most part...) so I spent a day gathering it
> back in... a few hours later... my old server/HOST found
> my site (where they had it directed) and they snagged it
> for me and FTP's it to me... so all's well on that point...
> just allot of work.... and if they had found it and FTP'd it
> to me 1 day earlier it would have saved me a DAYS worth
> of work finding and saving all those files from google.com...
>
> but to whomever gave me that tip... THANK YOU...
> at the moment I found it on google.com and new that for
> the most part I would be OK... it was such a feeling of joy...
> THANK YOU.... ( I'm not sure if it was a tip
> from this list or another... I did get it about 5 times and
> don't know who was first... but ... THANK YOU
> to whomever tried to help... even the those who
> had other suggestions... thanks for giving of yourself...)
>
> Sincerely,
> ~Patti
> eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> (please excuse this if it is sort of a cross post for your eyes...)
>
>
>
