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      caller</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><a id="I_programlisting_tt2210"></a><pre class="programlisting">Festival(<em class="replaceable"><code>text</code></em>[,<em class="replaceable"><code>intkeys</code></em>])</pre></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a id="id4184504"></a><h2></h2><p><a id="I_indexterm_tt2211" class="indexterm"></a>Connects to the locally running Festival server, sends it
      the text specified by <em class="replaceable"><code>text</code></em>, and plays the
      resulting sound file back to the user. This application allows the
      caller to press a key (specified by <em class="replaceable"><code>intkeys</code></em>)
      to immediately stop the playback and return the value of
      <em class="replaceable"><code>intkeys</code></em>. If
      <em class="replaceable"><code>intkeys</code></em> is set to <code class="literal">any</code>, <code class="literal">Festival()</code> will send control of the channel to
      the extension entered by the user.</p><p>See <a href="asterisk-CHP-14.html" title="Chapter 14. Potpourri">Chapter 14, <i>Potpourri</i></a> for more in-depth
      information on using Festival with Asterisk and the
      <span class="emphasis"><em>README.festival</em></span> file located in the
      <span class="emphasis"><em>contrib/</em></span> subdirectory of the Asterisk
      source.</p><p>You must start the Festival server before starting Asterisk, and
      you must use the <code class="literal">Answer()</code> application to answer the
      channel before calling <code class="literal">Festival()</code>.</p><a id="I_programlisting_tt2212"></a><pre class="programlisting">exten =&gt; 123,1,Answer()
<span class="strong"><strong>exten =&gt; 123,2,Festival('This is sample speech from Festival',#)</strong></span>
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