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ivr_speak_time

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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_time.

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_time()

int ivr_speak_time(int call, char* text_time, int allow_interrupt);

The ivr_speak_time function speaks a time given to the specified call.

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

char*

text_time

time to speak

int

allow_interrupt

Specifies if a digit can interrupt the time.
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.

Examples

ivr_speak_time(CALL_PRIMARY, "11:57 PM", NO_INTERRUPT);
ivr_speak_time(CALL_PRIMARY, "15:35", NO_INTERRUPT);
ivr_speak_time(CALL_PRIMARY, "1:23", NO_INTERRUPT);
ivr_speak_time(CALL_PRIMARY, "5 a.m.", NO_INTERRUPT);
ivr_speak_time(CALL_PRIMARY, "4 Pm", NO_INTERRUPT);

*** Hours and Minutes must be delineated ... not like: "357" ***
*** Hours 1 to 12 are assumed am unless otherwise specified with "PM" ***
*** If times are illogical (15:32 AM) the hours will override the "AM" ***