Re: Hi guys! - IVR menu

[UKHA]

Hi Guys,

After a long period of unemployment and a huge amount of depression over
it, which made me readjust my priorities a little mean HA stuff went out
the window I'm (sort of)... I've kept monitoring the list and I saw this
one and HAD to reply...

If you use asterisk (note asterisk not asterix) then 99% of the ivr system
will be there for you. You just need to write the scripting to inteface
with your xpl stuff (which should be easy). You can script in any language
that;s available under linux... perl, C, pascal, python whatever... you can
pre-record messages, tack them togther eg (twenty and one to give 21) or
alternatively, I've written app_cepstral which allows the use of cepstral
voices... iirc they cost about $30 each

If you want some help setting up no problem, try my guide for starters
<a href="http://www.automated.it/guidetoasterisk.htm";>http://www.automated.it/guidetoasterisk.htm</a>
and if you want some help with the scripting I can let you have some
standard ones that I've done (those on IRC may recall the Nixhelp status
app which combined the temperatures at my place - available over voip or
the pstn). Asterisk will allow you to pull calls into conferences etc...
the only issue might be if your HA system is winders based then you'd need
to split the audio from you mixer to both you winders box and linux
boxes...

Actually, I'll correct myself - USE ASTERISK! honestly you'll love it...

HTH

Andy

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On 16/05/2004 at 19:43 Paul Gale wrote:

>Hi Guys,
>
>So after filming the xPL stand and having a chat, I thought I’d get
round
>to having a play with xPL:-)
>
>I want to create an interactive voice response system that might be
able
>to do the following:
>
>
>I phone my home number and it’s answered by some kind of PC phone
system
>(maybe even Asterix?)
>I enter a code and I then get a multiple choice menu system, spoken
using
>TTS (AT&amp;T NV currently installed)
>I may then select a number by pressing a key (or even speaking it???)
>This takes me to the Comfort menu where I can get the alarm status etc
>(basically replacing the Comfort menu system)
>One of the options might allow me to listen in to my house (I have a
whole
>house microphone system linked to a Shure intelligent mixer, controlled
by
>Homevision or my HA server and linked via RS232). The output from that
>ends up in the HA server sound card and would need to be routed through
to
>the modem.
>I might then select another key to talk through the whole house
speakers
>(simply an output from my sound card into my Whole house audio system)
>Etc etc etc…
>
>Is this possible now? And how on earth could I do it? I have all the
>hardware in place – just the software is needed.
>
>Ta,
>
>Paul.
>
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