Asterisk Click to Call Functionality

There are a number of different ways to implement “Click-to-call” functionality, which allows you to dial a phone number without actually dialing it. The convention for these scripts is to tell Asterisk to call your extension, wait for you to answer the call, and when you do, initiate a new call to the destination number.

Downsides of click-to-call include A) that you start to forget phone numbers that were once stored in memory, and B) when you’re using foreign interfaces that don’t provide you with the clickability, you often wonder how those around you live without it.

Click to Call Options:

Anveo – Click2Call

Anveo ContactME widget is free Click To Call solution from Anveo. Stay in touch with the online community and keep your personal contact information private. Fully customizable; you can change the look and feel of Anveo ContactME button; upload multiple pictures and music ringtones. Here is how to use Anveo ContactMe with your Asterisk: Click to Call from Anveo with Asterisk – HowTo

VoIP click to call solutions A wide range of web-based click2call, callback and p2p solutions from Mizutech integrated with Asterisk or Voipswitch servers. Online visitors can call your business from the website and get the same IVR call experience as if they dial into your business line.

Free – no ads
Receive Text Messages without revealing your email address
IVR (Call Flow) based
can be integrated with Conference Call
Fully customizable look
upload multiple pictures
upload custom ringtone

The C2C is the NEXT simplest way you to use your web page to communicate ACTIVELY with your client. A customer who is browsing your site can establish a VoIP call with a single click, no software installation and without complication. All you need to do is access our system and ask your Webdesigner insert our Pop-Up.

In our store, the NEXT customer can make the purchase through periods of use of the C2C without advertisements.
Refer to “My Account” to view your C2C on “Ads Free” and “White Label” modes.

You can also choose to replace all the images and create your own C2C, use your brand and make a difference to your customers

Yuboto ClicktoCall – Turn Key Solution – Turn visitors into customers

Click to Call by Yuboto: Create and add a fully functional and customizable Click to call button for your website in minutes. Superb voice quality, low calling rates. Register now for free and try the service with the test credits provided!
Click to Call on printed materials

Dialectic

A small but fully functional click to dial app for OS/X Supports multiple dialers including mobile phone and Asterisk. Includes, call timer, notepad, log, and while you were away as well as extensive support for automation through applescript.

Asterisk Click To Call

Asterisk click to talk software solution design, development & configuration as per custom requirements by Asterisk experts.

AsteriskC2D for iPhone

AsteriskC2D and AsteriskC2DPro allow you to route your calls via Asterisk or indeed any VoIP style PBX. AsteriskC2D is not a VoIP phone but a call initiator, and can be configured the route the call back to your iPhone or deskphone or maybe hotel phone!

Webphone Software:

Mizutech Voip Software

The Mizu Webphone is a small SIP standard based java applet that runs from web browsers under all OS with java support. Tested and works well with Asterisk with lots of features like g.729 and wideband codecs, call transfer, voip tunneling and customizable user interface. To download it go to webphone presentation and download

TBDialOut – Click to Dial for Thunderbird

TBDialOut is a Thunderbird extension that adds clickable links and toolbar buttons to Thunderbird’s address book, enabling you to dial directly from the address book. TBDialOut supports a number of options for initiating calls, including direct integration with Asterisk using the Asterisk Manager Interface.

TACI (Trivial Asterisk Call-generator Interface)

TACI is a Perl CGI script to make a call (currently ((SIP, IAX, & ZAP))) from a web-page. It connects to the Asterisk manager API.

Some users have reported that using version 1.0.5+ of Asterisk, on line 177 of the script, you have to add a space so that the priority line syntax is correct, e.g. use “Priority: 1” instead of “Priority:1”.

Integrating Click-To-Call in your Browser

With the Greasemonkey extension for the Firefox browser and Ralf Muehlen’s voip_dial_user.js script that goes with Greasemonkey, you can dynamically link every phone number you come across to your custom click-to-dial script. Just edit the JS code above and change the return URL in the “trackUrl” function.

Integrating Click-To-Call on your Mac – the Convenient Way

A native Asterisk Call Control GUI CallControl for Mac. It connects to the Asterisk Manager interface and is compatible with MacOS X 10.5 + and Asterisk 1.2 and 1.4. You will be notified about incoming calls on-screen with Growl and you can dial from the MacOS X Adressbook and from the application. There is a 30 days trial version available on the site.

Integrating Click-To-Call in your Mac OS X Addressbook

This Applescript will allow you to dial phone numbers in your Mac OS X Addressbook using your Click-to-dial script:

using terms from application "Address Book"
on action property
return "phone"
end action property

on action title for p with e
return "Dial with Asterisk"
end action title

on should enable action for p with e
if the value of e is missing value then
return false
else
return true
end if
end should enable action

on performing action for p with e
set telephone to the value of e
set dialUrl to "http://yoursite.com/cgi-bin/yourscript.cgi?number=" & telephone
open location dialUrl
end perform action
end using terms from

Put this script in the ~/Library/Addressbook Plug-ins/ directory, and when you restart Addressbook, you should be able to right-click on the phone numbers and select “Dial with Asterisk”. You could obviously apply this script more broadly to other applications where phone numbers are made available.

Another option is the free to use Interconnect API available from AgiForge it has a SOAP and XML-RPC interface

Mexuar Corraleta (Worlds first Java Click to Call Technology)

All the above examples are great if you just want to initiate a single user outbound click to call but if you want to implement server-wide inbound click to call to your Asterisk server then Mexuar Corraleta in outright ownership or hosted version is the way to go. It connects any java compliant browser to any asterisk extension or queue as configured.

Zoiper Webphone

The zoiper webphone is a version of the zoiper softphone (IAX and SIP) that can be embedded in most browsers (Active-x and npapi webphone for internet explorer, firefox, opera, safari and google chrome.) This native solution ensures the same quality as desktop phones with the added ease of distribution and configuration
All call functionality and configuration can be controlled with javascript, enabling a single sign-on experience for the users. A free trial can be downloaded (call duration is limited to 3 minutes)

Dial On Phone: the Unified Click-to-Call Solution by Slimphony

Dial On Phone is a SIP-based click to dial client/server productivity solution that enables users to place calls from any desktop applications or a URL link to any telephony target (PSTN or VOIP protocol) through their desk phones -or any other (authorized) phone device of their choice.

Most click-to-call solutions are adherent to the PBX and do not support the dialing of VOIP protocols (sip, skype, msn, gtalk, etc…) alphanumeric addresses. Dial On Phone is PBX vendor-independent and can either transfer or bridge calls between PBXs, SIP gateways or SIP trunks.

By leveraging on SIP both as a first-party CTI protocol and to interconnect TDM & VOIP communication silos, the Dial On Phone solution is the glue that turns your desktop into a URL & Copy/Paste style dialer, and your existing desk phone into a multi-protocol endpoint.

Delacon’s EasyClick2Call

Delacon’s EasyClick2Call offers a cost-effective and simple Click to Call method to reduce website abandonment and increase sales conversions. The application improves your sales conversion rates by offering your customers an easy contact point if they are confused or have questions while browsing your site. Reduced customer frustration means greater satisfaction.

How it Works:

A Click-to-Call icon is placed on your website. When a browser clicks the icon a pop-up box appears asking the browser to enter their telephone number. Once completed, a two-way call is automatically initiated, one to your call center or sales department and the other to the customer’s selected number – it’s simple and fast. No additional hardware or software is required.
It’s simple to add to your existing site! Delacon can add the Click-to-Call icon to your existing website within 30 minutes. You can also design your own button in any style you like!

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Asterisk Click2Call Extensions:

For Firefox

Click2Dial
Asterisk Click2Dial is a multi-OS Firefox Extension under GPL. It is very easy to use when you have a phone number in a web page or an email, select it and do a right-click, click on “call” option, it will ring your phone, when you pick up your handset, it will call the number selected.
New feature, you can dial directly with Asterisk Click2Dial included textbox in Firefox status bar.

For Google Chrome

Bitree offers a free Google Chrome extension that allows you to dial any phone number directly from the browser with your Asterisk PBX. Make calls from any web pages or web-based applications such as CRM systems, etc.

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