Receives a string text on a channel.

Specify <timeout> to be the maximum time to wait for input in milliseconds, or 0 for infinite.

Most channels do not support the reception of text. See Asterisk Text for details.

Returns:
failure, hangup, or timeout: 200 result=-1
success: 200 result=<text>

<text> is the text received on the channel.

See also

• Asterisk cmd SendText includes an example for "receive text"
• Asterisk SIP Messaging: Patch for receiving SIP/SIMPLE messages (proof-of-concept)
• Asterisk cmd SMS

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