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In addition to the call parking options, in this file you can configure the button map-
pings for blind transfers, attended transfers, one-touch recording, disconnections, and
the pickup extension (which allows you to answer a remotely ringing extension).

festival.conf

The Festival text-to-speech engine allows Asterisk to read text files to the end user with
a computer-generated voice. Festival is covered in Chapter 14.

followme.conf

The term findme/follow me is intended to give the impression that a PBX system has
the intelligence to locate a user wherever they may be, such that their calls will find
them and follow them. The followme.conf file is used to configure the FollowMe() dia-
lplan application.

func_odbc.conf

The func_odbc dialplan function was one of the most anticipated capabilities to have
been added to Asterisk 1.4. This function provides a simple mechanism with which to
connect to ODBC databases through the dialplan. The SQL queries are defined in this
configuration file, and a dialplan function is automatically created.

gtalk.conf

This configuration file is used to specify the parameters for connectivity with Google
Talk.

http.conf

Asterisk has a very simple HTTP daemon built into it, which is used by the Asterisk
GUI and AJAM. This functionality is discussed in Chapter 11.

iax.conf

Similar to sip.conf, the iax.conf file is where you configure options related to the IAX
protocol. Your end devices and service providers are also configured here. The
iax.conf file is covered in detail in Appendix A.

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