Asterisk: The Future of Telephony

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SEND TEXT

Synopsis

SEND TEXT "text_to_send"

Sends the specified text on the current channel. Most channels do not support the transmission of text. Text consisting of more than one word should be placed in quotes, since the command accepts only a single argument.

Return values:

-1: Error or hangup
0I: Text sent, or channel does not support sending text

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