User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Revision History
- About This Publication
- 1. Product Description
- 2. Programming Models
- 3. Device Handling
- 4. Event Handling
- 5. Error Handling
- 6. Application Development Guidelines
- 7. Call Progress Analysis
- 7.1 Call Progress Analysis Overview
- 7.2 Call Progress and Call Analysis Terminology
- 7.3 Call Progress Analysis Components
- 7.4 Using Call Progress Analysis on DM3 Boards
- 7.5 Call Progress Analysis Tone Detection on DM3 Boards
- 7.6 Media Tone Detection on DM3 Boards
- 7.7 Default Call Progress Analysis Tone Definitions on DM3 Boards
- 7.8 Modifying Default Call Progress Analysis Tone Definitions on DM3 Boards
- 7.9 Call Progress Analysis Errors
- 7.10 Using Call Progress Analysis on Springware Boards
- 7.11 Call Progress Analysis Tone Detection on Springware Boards
- 7.12 Media Tone Detection on Springware Boards
- 7.13 Default Call Progress Analysis Tone Definitions on Springware Boards
- 7.14 Modifying Default Call Progress Analysis Tone Definitions on Springware Boards
- 7.15 SIT Frequency Detection (Springware Only)
- 7.15.1 Tri-Tone SIT Sequences
- 7.15.2 Setting Tri-Tone SIT Frequency Detection Parameters
- 7.15.3 Obtaining Tri-Tone SIT Frequency Information
- 7.15.4 Global Tone Detection Tone Memory Usage
- 7.15.5 Frequency Detection Errors
- 7.15.6 Setting Single Tone Frequency Detection Parameters
- 7.15.7 Obtaining Single Tone Frequency Information
- 7.16 Cadence Detection in Basic Call Progress Analysis (Springware Only)
- 8. Recording and Playback
- 8.1 Overview of Recording and Playback
- 8.2 Digital Recording and Playback
- 8.3 Play and Record Functions
- 8.4 Play and Record Convenience Functions
- 8.5 Voice Encoding Methods
- 8.6 G.726 Voice Coder
- 8.7 Transaction Record
- 8.8 Silence Compressed Record
- 8.9 Recording with the Voice Activity Detector
- 8.10 Streaming to Board
- 8.11 Pause and Resume Play
- 8.12 Echo Cancellation Resource
- 9. Speed and Volume Control
- 10. Send and Receive FSK Data
- 11. Caller ID
- 12. Cached Prompt Management
- 13. Global Tone Detection and Generation, and Cadenced Tone Generation
- 13.1 Global Tone Detection (GTD)
- 13.1.1 Overview of Global Tone Detection
- 13.1.2 Global Tone Detection on DM3 Boards versus Springware Boards
- 13.1.3 Defining Global Tone Detection Tones
- 13.1.4 Building Tone Templates
- 13.1.5 Working with Tone Templates
- 13.1.6 Retrieving Tone Events
- 13.1.7 Setting GTD Tones as Termination Conditions
- 13.1.8 Maximum Amount of Memory for Tone Templates
- 13.1.9 Estimating Memory
- 13.1.10 Guidelines for Creating User-Defined Tones
- 13.1.11 Global Tone Detection Application
- 13.2 Global Tone Generation (GTG)
- 13.3 Cadenced Tone Generation
- 13.3.1 Using Cadenced Tone Generation
- 13.3.2 How To Generate a Custom Cadenced Tone
- 13.3.3 How To Generate a Non-Cadenced Tone
- 13.3.4 TN_GENCAD Data Structure - Cadenced Tone Generation
- 13.3.5 How To Generate a Standard PBX Call Progress Signal
- 13.3.6 Predefined Set of Standard PBX Call Progress Signals
- 13.3.7 Important Considerations for Using Predefined Call Progress Signals
- 13.1 Global Tone Detection (GTD)
- 14. Global Dial Pulse Detection
- 14.1 Key Features
- 14.2 Global DPD Parameters
- 14.3 Enabling Global DPD
- 14.4 Global DPD Programming Considerations
- 14.5 Retrieving Digits from the Digit Buffer
- 14.6 Retrieving Digits as Events
- 14.7 Dial Pulse Detection Digit Type Reporting
- 14.8 Defines for Digit Type Reporting
- 14.9 Global DPD Programming Procedure
- 14.10 Global DPD Example Code
- 15. R2/MF Signaling
- 16. Syntellect License Automated Attendant
- 17. Building Applications
- Glossary
- Index

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Recording and Playback
On Springware boards on Linux, use the following functions for transaction record:
dx_recm( )
records voice data from two channels to a data file, memory, or custom device
dx_recmf( )
records voice data from two channels to a single file
See the Voice API Library Reference for a full description of functions.
8.8 Silence Compressed Record
The silence compressed record (SCR) feature is discussed in more detail in the following topics:
• Overview
• Enabling
• Encoding Methods Supported
8.8.1 Overview
The silence compressed record feature (SCR) enables recording with silent pauses eliminated. This
results in smaller recorded files with no loss of intelligibility.
On Springware boards, when the audio level is at or falls below the silence threshold for a
minimum duration of time, SCR begins. When a short burst of noise (glitch) is detected, the
compression does not end unless the glitch is longer than a specified period of time.
On DM3 boards, the SCR algorithm is based on energy detection and zero crossing. This SCR uses
different parameters than the standard SCR. Specifically, the Pre-Compensation and De-Glitch
parameters are no longer needed, and there are additional new parameters.
The SCR algorithm operates on one msec blocks of speech and uses a two-fold approach to
determine whether a sample is speech or silence. Two probability of speech values are calculated
using a zero crossing algorithm and an energy detection algorithm. These values are put together to
calculate a combined probability of speech.
The energy detection algorithm allows you to modify the background noise threshold range.
Signals above the high threshold are declared speech, and signals below the low threshold are
declared silence.
Speech or silence is declared based on the previous sample, the current combined probability of
speech in relation to the speech probability threshold and silence probability threshold parameters
and the trailing silence parameter.
8.8.2 Enabling
On DM3 boards, use dx_setparm( ) and the DXCH_SCRFEATURE define to turn silence
compressed record (SCR) on and off. Once enabled, voice record functions automatically record