Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 13:03:32 -0600 (CST) From: James Wyatt <jwyatt@rwsystr.RWSystems.net> To: Rowan Crowe <rowan@sensation.net.au> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: voice information services / voicemail Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.981217124853.30176E-100000@rwsystr.RWSystems.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9812180311480.15594-100000@velvet.sensation.net.au>
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On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Rowan Crowe wrote: > I guess this isn't strictly ISP related but perhaps ISPs have diversified > into something like this: > > Does anyone have a FreeBSD + voice modem(s) setup which allows basic menus > (using DTMF) and pre-recorded audio responses? I know vgetty reputes the ability to do this. I used to use it on my old Linix (1.2.1!) box with a Cyclades board and it was buggy. A few months ago our answering machine went epileptic(sp?) and I tried again with FreeBSD and a DigiBoard. This time it works great for answering machine use! Both were on 486 ISA machines with the ZyXEL 1496E modem. I don't use the DTMF facilities *yet*, but a friend had used for a menu that did things like trigger a PPP call to his ISP and Text-To-Speech his dynamic IP address. I intend to use it to allow remote X-10 access and multi-box voicemail. Another friend is also using it for an answering machine, but hints that the latest release may not be as nice as the older ones. DTMF can cause shell-script interaction and it supports the Rockwell voice-modems which are cheaper than the ZyXEL. I have really liked the ZyXEL modem longterm, though. I have a Hayes Optima (as well as a cheap Rockwell modem) I will be experimenting-with later. vgetty also supports ANI/CallerId(tm) and Differential/RingMaster(tm) protocols. FWIW: It makes a great answering machine for voice and FAX messaging. A small CGI script allows on-the-fly conversion from the modem-format (compressed!) voicemail file and G3 FAX file to .wav and .tiff so Navigator and WaterMark(FileNet now) viewers work well. Some of us are beginning work on a MySQL+Java client to improve user and admin features and speed. Hope this helps - Jy@ (jwyatt@rwsystems.net) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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