// ANNAC (Automatic Name & Number Announcement Circuit)
//
// by natas
//
// http://www.oldskoolphreak.com

So you want an ANAC on your Asterisk box? How about an ANNAC that reads
back the Caller ID Name as well? With these two simple steps you will have
your own program that reads back the Caller ID Number and spells out the
Caller ID Name. Unfortunately at this time most VoIP providers don't send
Caller ID Name with their incoming calls, but if you have a provider that
does or you have Digium hardware and Caller ID from a real telco, then your
in luck!

[annac]
exten => s,1,SayDigits(${CALLERIDNUM})
exten => s,2,SayAlpha(${CALLERIDNAME})

If you have Festival, Cepstral or another text to speech program setup for
use with Asterisk, you can expand this program and try to have the name
spoken back to you. However the name received may be so random that it
would never be spoken properly. Text to speech isn't perfect. It may be
best to just write down what was spelt out with a pen and paper.

Enjoy!


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