Asterisk cmd SayAlpha

Synopsis

Says a string of letters, numbers, and/or selected other characters.

Syntax

SayAlpha(string)

Description

Says each character in the string, one by one, in the language chosen (defaults to English). This command is available only in CVS > 2004-05-03.

Special Characters

SayAlpha will speak all letters and numbers, and the following special charcters:

• ! exclamation point
• @ at
• # pound
• $ dollar
• * star
• – dash
• + plus
• = equals
• / slash
• ‘ ‘ (an empty space) space
• . dot

Using any other special character in the SayAlpha command will cause the extension to exit non-zero and the call will be terminated.

Note that SayAlpha will ignore the single quote (‘) and double quote (“) character.

Examples

SayAlpha(abc123) ; Says “a b c one two three”
SayAlpha(abc 12+3#) ; Says “a b c space one two plus three pound”

See also

• SayPhonetic
• SayDigits
• SayNumber
• Setting up a Multi-Language Asterisk Installation

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