Voice Functions suitable for originating ??

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Hi,

Marc Eberhard wrote:
> 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).

With the modified timeout, it works quite well. I use this for "emergency
alerts": when our main servers or routers die, a watchdog machine will
call my mobile phone and tell me about it. If I press "1", that's it. If
I press "0" (or nothing), the watchdog will call another colleague, to
make sure someone will fix the problem.

When I have cleaned this up somewhat, I can include it in the samples
collection.

gert

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