Something inbetween background() and playback()

Asterisk Asterisk Support
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hi guys i need to create a section in the ivr that does exactly what:

playback(0)
read(1)

would do but is interuptable like background()…

the reason is i dont like backgruond because it goes to the extension pressed, i want to process (add digits to it) the extension pressed but give the customer the ability to interupt the played emssage…

2

Hi, I found ExternalIVR application very useful to create more complicated IVRs scenarios.
More info can be found here.

3

i cant find any examples, all i find are docos on it.

4

Phew, I thought I was the only one who made up call-plans like this! Yeah, what you have to do is no use background OR playback at all but just “Read”

From this page at voip-info.org:

As of Asterisk 1.0:
 Read(variable[|filename][|maxdigits][|option])
As of Asterisk 1.2:
 Read(variable[|filename][|maxdigits][|option][|attempts][|timeout])
As of Asterisk 1.4:
 Read(variable[,filename][,maxdigits][,option][,attempts][,timeout])

So here you see that the read() command does the playback for you! :smile:

Try something like:

exten => _X.,n,Read(var,ext-or-zero,4,,3,5)

This will playback the file “ext-or-zero” and allows for 5 seconds after the playback to enter in whatever you need to enter in. That it stores the entered DTMF as “var”

Hope this helps!

5

pretty neat except that “read” stops as soon as you press a DTMF key. but I guess that’s actually what most folks want.

6

Yeah, when I decide to push a key, I’m probably at the point where I have heard all the options I need :smile: