[App_rpt-users] Voice Mail features of Asterisk

[Jim Kehler]

With anything that will make a sound file. I use a text to speech program
to make a WAV file and then convert the files to GSM with a program
called "Sox" which you can download for free on the Internet. It will
convert WAV files to GSM or ULAW format for Asterisk.

Take a look at:

http://www.nextup.com/

You can download a trial version of "Text Aloud" and hear what a bunch
of TTS voices sound like. If you are going to make a bunch of sound files,
like announcements. id'ers, and the "node names" files, that's the 
easiest way
to do it. I use a voice called NeoSpeech Kate, which is close to Allison's
voice and probably the most realistic TTS voice I have.

You can also use the Windows recorder to record them. Get one of the
girls from the ham club with a nice voice to record them for you. Or hire
Allison Smith, but she's probably a bit expensive because she's a real
person, not a TTS voice

A TTS voice costs about $30, and a the Text Aloud program is also about
$30, so for sixty bucks you can make sound files forever....

73, Jim KH2D

On 2/17/2012 10:13 PM, Ron Simpson wrote:
>
> How do I generate the files?
>
>
> 73,
>
> Ron - N6GKJ
> Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From: * Jim Kehler <kh2d at bellsouth.net>;
> *To: * <app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org>;
> *Subject: * Re: [App_rpt-users] Voice Mail features of Asterisk
> *Sent: * Sat, Feb 18, 2012 3:11:26 AM
>
> Ron,
>
> I don't know about voice mail, but you can use the Tail Message 
> function to play
> canned announcements. Goes in the [Node] stanza:
>
> ;
> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
> ; Audio files can be played for weather warnings,
> ;  to announce     club meetings, etc.
> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
> ;
> ; Audio file(s) to be played as a tail message. If there
> ; is more than one file listed, separate files with a comma
> ; and the files will be rotated. File extension should be
> ; omitted. If no path is specified, the files should be
> ; located in /var/lib/asterisk/sounds.
> ;
> ; Example: tailmessagelist=file1,file2,file3
> ;
> tailmessagelist=/kh2d/node-announce
> ;
> ; Time, in miliseconds, between tail messages
> ; 900000 = 15 minutes.
> ;
> tailmessagetime=3600000
> ;
> ; If a user transmits during the tail message, a shorter
> ; interval can be set to replay the message (miliseconds).
> ; 300000 = 5 minutes
> ;
> tailsquashedtime=900000
> ;
> ;
>
> 73, Jim KH2D
>
>
>
> On 2/17/2012 9:47 PM, Ron Simpson wrote:
>>
>> Is it possible to use the voice mail features built into Asterisk for 
>> canned system announcements? I want to announce the various nets and 
>> meetings on the repeater. I would also like to use the vm feature for 
>> someone to call in and leave me a message. Am I doing some big time 
>> wishful thinking or is this possible!!
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Ron - N6GKJ
>> Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android
>>
>>
>>
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