On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 3:21 AM, Avi Marcus <avi@avimarcus.net> wrote:

But the media is handled by FreeSWITCH, so it doesn't really matter if sip supports it... It's something theoretically FreeSWITCH could handle for you...

-Avi

This is a classic case of a feature that could/should be handled by the phone itself but since no two manufacturers would ever do it the exact same way it falls to the server to do the dirty work.

I suppose the most elegant solution would be a mod_dptools app that knew exactly what to do. However, that would require a bit of programming skill and some time and patience.

An alternative would be silently dropping all 3 parties into a conference and using the "relate" feature where you can define who hears whom. However, I don't know if the transition into the conference room would cause a blip in the audio or not, which is why an explicit "whisper_page" dp app would be best.

-MC
 
On Jun 12, 2013 12:17 PM, "Jeff Bernhardt" <jeff@askcornerstone.net> wrote:

Yes, we have a customer who used to work in a place with an old Panasonic PBX and Panasonic phones that had this feature and he loved it. His secretary could whisper in his handset, he’d hit a key and be able to talk to the secretary really quick without the other party even knowing he’d done anything. We were told by a guy who used to consult for us on Asterisk stuff that this isn’t possible due to the nature of how SIP works, but we’ve always kind of wondered.

 

Jeff Bernhardt

Systems Administrator

Cornerstone Consulting

808.440.2900

 



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