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ivr_speak_number

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ivr software support functions Database Systems Corp. (DSC) provides an API subroutine library of IVR Software routines that perform phone functions. The following is a description of one of the functions within this library that controls the IVR operation - ivr_speak_number.

The routine is from our C programming library, although this same routine has an equivalent for Visual Basic, .NET, C++ and Active-X. DSC provides a separate user guide for each of these languages.

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ivr_speak_number()

int ivr_speak_number(int call,double x, int type, int allow_interrupt)

The ivr_speak_number function speaks a number to the specified call in the specified format.

Parameters

int

call

Specifies which call to speak to.
It can be one of the following values.

CALL_PRIMARY: Speak to Primary Call
CALL_SECONDARY: Speak to Secondary Call

double

x

Double precision real number to speak

int

type

Specifies type to read the number as.
It can be one of the following values.

CARDINAL: (one, two, three)
ORDINAL: (first, second, third)
CURRENCY: (one dollar and fifteen cents)

int

allow_interrupt

Specifies if a digit can interrupt the number.
It can be one of the following values.

NO_INTERRUPT: Do not allow reading to be interrupted by a digit
INTERRUPT: Allow reading to be interrupted by a digit

Return Value

Returns IVR_SUCCESS on a successful function call. On error the function returns one of the IVR Error Codes.

Example

ivr_speak_number(CALL_PRIMARY, -130234.674, CARDINAL, INTERRUPT);
   
ivr_speak_number(CALL_PRIMARY, 23, ORDINAL, INTERRUPT);
   
ivr_speak_number(CALL_PRIMARY, 2345.34, CURRENCY, INTERRUPT);