Re: [hylafax-users] Faxing via a calling card

[Lee Howard <lee.howard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> Can HylaFax be configured to prefix dialing with calling cards? 
> Unfortunately, these are somewhat involved, as they are geared towards 
> (price-conscious) humans dialing. It has to go through something like:
>
>   1. Dial 1-800-CALLING.
>   2. Wait for voice response (or just sleep for a few seconds, as
>      that's almost always sufficient).
>   3. Press one for English.
>   4. Dial the card number.
>   5. Sleep through the robot reading out loud, how much money is left
>      on the card.
>   6. Dial the desired fax number.
>   7. Sleep through the robot reading, how many minutes of talking the
>      above-mentioned funds can buy for this number.
>   8. Await connection and the remote fax' response.
>
> I have written a simple program (in Tcl) that helps my parents call 
> people this way via a modem (it tells them, when to pick up the 
> handset). It, actually, is more convenient for them, than even a 
> regular phone would be even with straightforward dialing (redialing is 
> easier)... They now want to be able to fax the same way. Can this be 
> done without (substantial) changes to HylaFax' internals? Thanks, 

Yes, it can be done.  You'll want to use either dialrules or alter the 
ModemDialCmd ... use lots of commas to "sleep through".  It will take 
some trial-and-error work to get right, most likely.

Thanks,

Lee.

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*Lee Howard*
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