Does Thirdlane have the option for Asterisk Dictation? I recently read about Asterisk having a Dictation function, and I did not see how to access it in Thirdlane. Is this something that needs to be added or enabled?
Today I sell doctors and
Today I sell doctors and lawyers Olympus dictation handheld devices. They dictate their reports or briefs into recording devices and sync the recording device with their PC, which takes the recordings to a share on the Windows server. Once they are on the Windows server, the back office people take care of things. If this feature was activated in Asterisk / Thirdlane it could be helpful.
the expense of trying to make
the expense of trying to make a phone system do this, and then do it where you didnt have to go find a desk phone, is significant. This is not the job of a phone system. You'd be litterally staring down $5k or more in development costs when I'm sure there's probably a dozen smartphone apps out there for $4 that already do all of that. Your dictiation device is portable, having a doctor go find a deskphone is less practical.
I only asked because I saw
I only asked because I saw the folder "/var/spool/asterisk/dictate" and found that the feature exists. Since I sell devices to do this now, I wanted to know how far Asterisk and/or Thirdlane had taken this in case it comes up in the sales process. I agree that smartphone apps are easier, so much so that I don't know why people want handheld recorders, but they do ... I'd rather know the capability than just tell people what to use, some difficult clients make a sale based on features that exist that they will NEVER ever use. We've all been there I'm sure.
the Asterisk Dictate
the Asterisk Dictate application is more of another kind of Record and Playback than it is anything really Dictation related. You have to specify the filename and playback a specified filename.
FWIW, Voicemail() is closer to the sort of dictation you're looking for than the Dictate app.
How would you consider using this?