Announce current time as part of call flow

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Hi, is there a way of having the system announce / speak the current time as part of the normal incoming call flow.

ie:

Thank you for calling XYZ company the current time is

…next step

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Not that I’m aware of, but it is a cool idea.

You could probably build a “welcome” misc destination that ran through a series of steps before it deposited your calling into an IVR or something.

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There is a ‘speaking clock’ feature code, the dialplan for which you could use as a basis for a Custom Destination to do what you need.

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In the file extensions_custom.conf add the lines:

[read-current-time]
exten => s,1,Noop(Entering user defined context read-current-time in extensions_custom.conf)
exten => s,n,Answer
exten => s,n,SayUnixTime(${FutureTime},,IMp)    ; modify the options to suit how you want time read back
exten => s,n,return

In Admin, custom Destinations, create a new destination with a target of read-current-time,s,1, enable ‘Return’ and set the caller destination. Then send the caller to this custom destination after your announcement.

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Thanks Lorne.
I’ll have a play with that code, but it looks exactly what I want.
Cheers
Robert

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