Voice Functions suitable for originating ??

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Hi!

Steve Williams wrote:
> Is the mgetty+sendfax software suitable for originating calls & sending 
> voice messages, possibly prompting for "Push 1 for yes, 2 for no", and
> recording the responses.  

Yes. There is one detail wrong in the dialout handling, but with a trick it
works (port timeout must be something like 60 seconds).

> I understand the voice stuff is pretty much shell script driven, so it is
> very programmable, & since I am a master at shell script<g>, that side 
> won't be a problem.  I just wonder if the voice technology is suitable,
> and more importantly, reliable?

The reliability depends on the mode hardware, for examples with the voice
shell, see voice/scripts

> I would like to tie in a feature to our software that would call patients
> and remind them of their next appointment, & maybe permit them through the
> use of the DTMF tones, to say yes, they will be able to make the appt or
> no, the won't, or to piss off & have a human call me ( default action <g> ).
> 
> Ideas?

Should be possible. Would be nice to include your script as one more example
into the voice/scripts dir.

Bye,
Marc

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