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FreeSWITCH Cookbook

Written by members of the FreeSWITCH team, this is the ultimate guide to getting the most out of the platform. Stuffed with over 40 recipes, just about every angle is covered, from call routing to enabling text-to-speech conversion.

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|Mar 2012
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Over 40 recipes to help you get the most out of your FreeSWITCH server with this book and ebook

Key Features

  • Get powerful FreeSWITCH features to work for you
  • Route calls and handle call detailing records
  • Written by members of the FreeSWITCH development team

Book Description

FreeSWITCH is an open source telephony platform designed to facilitate the creation of voice, chat, and video applications. It can scale from a soft-phone to a PBX and even up to an enterprise-class softswitch.In the FreeSWITCH Cookbook, members of the FreeSWITCH development team share some of their hard-earned knowledge with you in the book's recipes. Use this knowledge to improve and expand your FreeSWITCH installations.The FreeSWITCH Cookbook is an essential addition to any VoIP administrator's library.The book starts with recipes on how to handle call routing and then discusses connecting your FreeSWITCH server to the outside world.It then teaches you more advanced topics like CDR handling, practical examples of controlling FreeSWITCH with the event socket, and configuring many features commonly associated with a PBX installation.

What you will learn

  • Configure users and phones as well as connections to VoIP providers and even Google Voice
  • Control FreeSWITCH remotely with the powerful event socket interface
  • Route inbound and outbound calls
  • Handle call detail records, which includes inserting CDRs into a database
  • Enable text-to-speech conversion in your voice applications
  • Monitor calls via the FreeSWITCH Web interface

Who this book is for

If you are a system administrator, hobbyist, or someone who uses FreeSWITCH on a regular basis, this book is for you. Whether you are a FreeSWITCH expert or just getting started, this book will take your skills to the next level.

Table of Contents

    PDF ISBN: 978-1-84951-541-2
    Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
    Copyright owner: © 2012 Packt Publishing Limited
    Publication date: 2012
    Language: English
    Pages: 150