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Chapter 3: Telephone System Configuration
example, voice prompts will begin in English, but if a user is given a
choice, and presses 2 for Spanish, all further voice menu prompts will
be in Spanish (provided that language module is loaded).
Goto Directory - The Goto Directory option sends a caller to the sys-
tem phone directory. This gives the user the chance to select a user
name from the directory if the extension is unknown.
Dial a Number via Trunk - This option allows you to specify an
external number to dial, including the trunk that should be used for the
call.
User Event - This option gives you the ability to send an arbitrary
event to the manager interface, with an optional body representing
additional arguments. Specify the eventname in the User Event field.
If necessary, specify additional arguments in the Body field.
Hangup - The Hangup option terminates the call.
Custom App - This option allows you to specify an Asterisk applica-
tion, along with the application’s corresponding parameters, which is
not already listed in the Add new Step drop-down menu (e.g.
‘NoOp(hello world)’ to echo “hello world” on the Asterisk CLI).
Note: The Custom App option is only visible when Advanced
Options are enabled under the Options menu item. This option
should only be configured by experienced Asterisk administrators.
Refer to section titled Advanced Options on page 138 for further
details.