Tutorial: Voicemail

Our voicemail tutorial takes you step by step into the process of creating a telephony voicemail system. After reading this tutorial, you will understand the principles of:

  • Text-To-Speech (TTS)
  • Recording messages, and using the Cloud media store
  • Playing messages on the Cloud media store
  • Using DTMF detection
  • Playing DTMF sounds as prompts for messages
  • Using application arguments within your own programs
  • Using a menu system
  • Handling errors and unexpected hangups
  • Identifying the caller of your application

You can use the menu to jump ahead, or simply follow the lessons step by step, using the Next Lesson button.

Well, what are you waiting for? Let's make a voicemail system!

Lesson 1