Utilizing FreePBX as an Autodialer for notifications via call files using TTS

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Also not a programmer, and I can tell you once you get started it is nowhere near as daunting as it appears to be.

TTS Engine Custom - Amazon Polly - 24 languages

WORKING SUMMARY: Run these commands in shell: cd /opt/ git clone https://github.com/awslabs/aws-nodejs-sample cd aws-nodejs-sample npm install npm install optimist npm install child_process 2a) Create file in directory /opt/aws-nodejs-sample/ vim script.js // Load the SDK var argv = require('optimist').argv; const AWS = require('aws-sdk') const Fs = require('fs') var child_process = require('child_process'); // Create an Polly client const Polly = new AWS.Polly({ accessKeyId: "accessKeyId h…

This entry in the thread summarizes how to make Polly a TTS engine in the GUI. You can make your call file point to a context in the GUI, then start using the TTS from the GUI, using the variables you have stored in the call file.

Otherwise as jerson mentioned, you need to put a context that references it in the call file.

The guy in this post put everything in an php script as another option to try.

TTS Engine Custom - Amazon Polly - 24 languages

Thanks to everyone on this post. I have learned a lot! I have come up with a different approach and not reliant on the modules Text to Speech engine or Text to Speech application. Using the dialplan + PHP You still need an Amazon account. And node.js Kudos to @jersonjunior! Sample project to demonstrate usage of the AWS SDK for Node.js: cd /opt/ git clone https://github.com/awslabs/aws-nodejs-sample cd aws-nodejs-sample npm install npm install optimist npm install child_process nano s…