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February 9, 2009
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CF link to autodialer and Skype

  • February 9, 2009
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I will be using CF to link to a 3rd party service to send a secure fax. However, if the fax does not go through I need to place a call to the recipient to let them know. The list of recipients and their phone numbers will be stored in a MySQL database

When the failed fax occurs I need for CF to somehow connect to Skype, maybe via another program, and then Skype will call the appropriate phone number and play a recorded message.

Is there a way to do this from within CF itself? I think Voicent has a program that will do this, but it cost $300. I am looking for a simpler, less costly solution.

Thanks,

Dan
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    Inspiring
    February 11, 2009
    DKoz wrote:
    > Thanks, I'll check it out.

    actually after poking around the java for skype project, (and i really hate to
    say this) i think maybe using skype's COM wrapper might work better w/skype. the
    java project doesn't seem to have much in the way of docs, installation info, etc.

    though i have to say that skype's not a particularly server friendly thing to
    deal with. maybe a phone call web service or something like ribbit might be a
    better approach?
    February 11, 2009
    Thanks, again, Paul.

    I will check out RIBBIT.

    Dan
    February 10, 2009
    Thanks, I'll check it out.
    Inspiring
    February 10, 2009
    DKoz wrote:
    > Is there a way to do this from within CF itself? I think Voicent has a

    if skype as a java API, you might have a look at that.