Conference Calling

FreeSWITCH

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Website for the Tool: 
http://www.freeswitch.org/
Organization that developed the Tool: 
Individual / Open Source Group
Main Contact: 
Anthony Minessale II
Problem or Need: 

Open Source tool needed for managing a softswitch that is modular, and uses simple scripts to manage workflow.

Main Contact Email : 
consulting@freeswitch.org
Brief Description: 

FreeSWITCH is an open source telephony platform designed to facilitate the creation of voice and chat driven products. It can be used as a simple switching engine, a PBX, a media gateway or a media server to host IVR applications using simple scripts or XML to control the callflow.

Tool Category: 
App resides and runs on a server
Key Features : 

FreeSWITCH includes many modules which provide applications by default including conferencing, XML-RPC control of live calls, Interactive voice response (IVR), TTS/ASR (text to speech/automatic speech recognition), Public switched telephone network (PSTN) interconnection ability supporting both analogue and digital circuits, Voice over IP protocols including SIP, Inter-Asterisk eXchange, H.323, Jabber, GoogleTalk and others. Applications using the FreeSWITCH library can be written in C/C++, Python, Perl, Lua, JavaScript using Mozilla's SpiderMonkey engine, Java and Microsoft .NET via Microsoft's CLR or via Mono. FreeSWITCH is designed to be modular, easy to use with scripting done entirely in XML, and more stable than Asterisk.

Main Services: 
Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
Other
Tool Maturity: 
Currently deployed
Release Date: 
2008-05
Platforms: 
Linux/UNIX
Windows
Current Version: 
1
Program/Code Language: 
C/C++
Other
Support Forums: 
http://wiki.freeswitch.org
Is the Tool's Code Available?: 
Yes
URL for license: 
http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.1.html
Is an API available to interface with your tool?: 
Yes
Global Regions: 
Asia
Australia and Oceania
Central America and the Caribbean
Europe
Middle East and North Africa
North America
South America
Sub-Saharan Africa
Featured?: 
Yes
Featured on homepage?: 
Yes 


 




  
Asterisk


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Asterisk data sheet 1955 Views

	

      
Website for the Tool: 

    

            

                    http://www.asterisk.org/        

        





      
Organization that developed the Tool: 

    

            

                    Digium, Inc.        

        





      
Main Contact: 

    

            

                    Mark Spencer        

        





      
Problem or Need: 

    

            

                    
Open-source system needed for managing a telephone PBX system.
        

        





      
Main Contact Email : 

    

            

                    asterisk-dev@lists.digium.com        

        





      
Brief Description: 

    

            

                    
Asterisk is a software implementation of a telephone private branch exchange (PBX). Like any PBX, it allows attached telephones to make calls to one another, and to connect to other telephone services including the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. See the wikipedia article for more.
        

        





      
Tool Category: 

    

            

                    App resides and runs on a server        

        





      
Key Features : 

    

            

                    
Voice mail, conference calling, interactive voice response (phone menus), and automatic call distribution. With hardware, can attach traditional analogue telephones to an Asterisk installation. Direct support of VoIP protocols, including SIP, MGCP and H.323. Large Userbase, and a large collection of proprietary and free add-ons and features.
        

        





      
Main Services: 

    

            

                    Interactive Voice Response (IVR)        

              

                    Other        

        





      
Tool Maturity: 

    

            

                    Currently deployed        

        





      
Release Date: 

    

            

                    2004-09        

        





      
Platforms: 

    

            

                    Linux/UNIX        

              

                    Windows        

              

                    Other        

        





      
Current Version: 

    

            

                    1.61008        

        





      
Program/Code Language: 

    

            

                    C/C++        

        





      
Support Forums: 

    

            

                    http://forums.digium.com/        

              

                    http://www.asterisk.org/community        

              

                    http://asterisktutorials.com/        

        





      
Is the Tool's Code Available?: 

    

            

                    Yes        

        





      
URL for license: 

    

            

                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License        

        





      
Is an API available to interface with your tool?: 

    

            

                    Yes        

        





      
Global Regions: 

    

            

                    Asia        

              

                    Australia and Oceania        

              

                    Central America and the Caribbean        

              

                    Europe        

              

                    Middle East and North Africa        

              

                    North America        

              

                    South America        

              

                    Sub-Saharan Africa        

        





      
Featured?: 

    

            

                    Yes        

        





      
Featured on homepage?: 

    

            

                    Yes