[BC] Auto-recorder which creates MP3

[Fred Gleason]

On Wednesday 26 October 2005 16:36, Mike McCarthy wrote:
I know of several multi-line 
modems which are normally used for fax banks that will do what I need 
on the phone line side and will interface to a computer.  Each line is 
a COM port.

You might want to check out Asterisk for this:

	http://www.asterisk.org/

I've played with it a little bit.  It includes integrated VM, and you can get 
to the resulting audio files directly (either in WAV or GSM format, or IIRC 
even in MP3 if you've got the correct codec (LAME) installed).  If the VM 
interface towards the caller is acceptable, then this may be the ticket.  
PSTN interface cards are available from Digium ranging from a single POTS 
connection to 4 PRI/TI circuits (96 channels total) per PCI card.


> Then there is the all in one box which will do this in a non-Windows
> environment and has IP connectivity which can be access through our
> production computer.

A Rivendell system could do this, using a Linux box with an ASI5042 and GPI 
card and eight couplers.  The couplers would generate a closure to signal 
'off-hook', and the recorders would roll accordingly.  It'd be a lot of 
hardware and wiring and setup though.  My sense is that the Asterisk approach 
would be cleaner, and probably cheaper as well.

Cheers!


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