bash script recording remote host output?

ieatbunnies · 07-19-2010, 06:39 PM

i want to dial businesses and record a response from the person. i use a bash script to call then and go through the progress of getting through the menu. then i want to record the response of the person on the phone.

got the dialing rocking and don'tk wn much after that.

catkin · 07-20-2010, 04:51 AM

If you want to do it from a script, familiarize yourself with doing it from the command line first. I would be more helpful but I don't know how to capture sound from what is presumably a modem or serial port. Might help if you said what the hardware is and which sound utilities you are using.

BTW, you might have had more response if "don'tk wn much" had made sense.

ieatbunnies · 07-21-2010, 07:52 AM

thats pretty funny now that I read my last sentence. thank you for your response. I will be using a usb us robotics 56k modem on a netbook. i am running ubuntu so i imagine it has to be alsa or pulse audio right?

i was guessing i could use a script with AT commands to do the dialing then maybe use the mgetty voicemail feature ? maybe? to record the remote host output?

konsolebox · 07-21-2010, 10:32 AM

You might find some idea by playing around with this tool: minicom.

catkin · 07-21-2010, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ieatbunnies

... alsa or pulse audio right? ... maybe use the mgetty voicemail feature ...

IDK. Sounds reasonable but I can't confirm. minicom looks promising. Enough to start netsearching ... I did; not much (mostly for VoIP now, not POTS); a page: http://superuser.com/questions/10463...of-a-programme

BTW it may be illegal to record calls without advising the other party.