amd@v3

Answering Machine Detection.


Version	`amd@v3`
Runs in	`inbound-call` and your own branches

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
`tts`	object		Text-to-speech prompt: text (1 to 1024 characters), with an optional voice or language (exclusive). Without them, the defaults of the branch or of the scenario apply. text-to-speech prompt: `text`, and `voice` or `language`
`audioFile`	object		An audio file of your library, by its SID (REST API v2 identifier). audio file of your library: `sid`
`language`	`af-ZA`, `am-ET`, `ar-AE`… (140 values)		Language for Speech Recognition and Text-to-Speech. See Voices & Audio accepts `${{ }}`
`timeout`	integer	`6`	1..10 · accepts `${{ }}`
`minWords`	integer	`4`	1..10 · accepts `${{ }}`
`yesHints`	array of string		1..10 items · accepts `${{ }}`
`noHints`	array of string		1..10 items · accepts `${{ }}`

Every parameter that accepts ${{ }} can be computed from an expression.

How it works

AMD is for Answering Machine Detection Same as amd@v2, with the same prompt parameters as play@v3: tts (text-to-speech) or audioFile (audio file of your library). Set at most one of them. Key presses are ignored.

Examples

Short example

- action: amd@v3
  params:
    timeout: 4
    yesHints:
      - message
      - voicemail
  result: $amd

Full example with defaults

- action: amd@v3
  params:
    tts: # or audioFile: { sid: 'fdsanjkf' }, or none
      text: Hello? # (1..1024 characters)
      # voice: en-US-AvaMultilingual # or language: en-US (default: the language below)
    # language: en-US # stt language (default: the scenario defaults)
    timeout: 6 # 1..10
    minWords: 4 # if at least minWords words are said, it is considered a voicemail
    yesHints: # words that would match a voicemail (none by default, 1..10)
      - voicemail
    noHints: # words that would match a human (none by default, 1..10)
      - hello
  result: $amd

Using the result

- if: $amd.detected == 'machine'
  then:
    - action: log@v1
      params:
        message: Machine detected
    - action: hangup@v1

Result

Set result: $myVariable to keep it. Result of amd@v2 and amd@v3 (Answering Machine Detection)

Field	Type	Description
`ok`	boolean	`true` when a decision was made (`detected` is not empty)
`timeout`	boolean	`true` when no decision was made in time
`error`	string	Only present on error: `hangup` when the callee hung up, `canceled`, or the error message
`detected`	`machine`, `human`, `""`
`recognized`	string	The hint that matched, or the text said when `minWords` was reached

{
  "ok": true,
  "timeout": false,
  "detected": "machine",
  "recognized": "voicemail"
}

Older versions

Older versions keep working in existing scenarios. Use the version above in new scenarios.

amd@v2: Answering Machine Detection
amd@v1: Use amd@v2 instead amd@v1 is deprecated, use amd@v3