[Freeswitch-users] You don't need to save a greeting to override your existing one in Voicemail

[Avi Marcus]

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On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Emrah <lists at kavun.ch> wrote:

> MC, that is the solution I use. I am not too bothered by this issue, just
> wanted to flag it up as a nice to have for future upgrades.
> As it is now, the "save option" is basically a "go to advanced option
> menu".
>
> E
> On Sep 17, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Michael Collins <msc at freeswitch.org> wrote:
>
> > Emrah,
> >
> > I think this is doable with some programming in mod_voicemail.c although
> I don't believe it's a high priority at the moment. However, you can
> manually emulate this behavior by recording a new greeting number that is
> different from your current, active greeting. For example, if your current
> greeting is 1, then record greeting 2, make sure it's satisfactory, then
> set 2 as your active greeting. It is basically an extra step, but at least
> it doesn't require any coding changes and it will get the job done.
> >
> > -MC
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Emrah <lists at kavun.ch> wrote:
> > It used to be the case with Asterisk as well, now it has changed.
> > Basically, if you have a greeting in place and want to record a new one…
> And you suddenly cough in the middle of your recording… Than get
> interrupted by your boss right after you've pressed #… You just hang up the
> phone and think that your existing greeting hasn't been altered because you
> didn't press 2 to save your re-recorded greeting…
> > Well that's wrong.
> >
> > Your existing greeting gets overridden as soon as you start the
> recording. Even if you hang up the phone in the middle of your message,
> it'll still be recorded and played as your greeting.
> >
> > I don't think that this calls for a workaround or more studying of the
> app. I am using the default settings on this and think that it can be
> improved, so that you can review your greeting before committing it with a
> save action.
> > Being able to listen to your existing greeting before re-recording it
> wouldn't be a bad add-on either.
> >
> > What is your take on this?
> >
> > Emrah
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