Play and Record Simultaneously In Asterisk

Question

I am developing a sample IVR system in the Asterisk that plays a voice file when it receives and answers an incoming call. I wonder if it is possible to write a dial plan code or shell script which records message while it is playing a voice file (play and record simultaneously).

I appreciate your help in advance.

Answer 1

Yes, it is. I do it all the time, in fact. Your code would look something like:

exten => 100,1,Answer
 same => n,Wait(1)
 same => n,Monitor(wav,myfilename)
 same => n,Playback(this-call-may-be-monitored-or-recorded)
 same => n,Playback(pls-wait-connect-call)

For further reading, see:

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+cmd+Monitor

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+cmd+Playback