Beta test program

[psanders]

Would you join us?

We are currently working with a small group of individuals and organizations that want to test Fonoster before it becomes public. At the moment, access to the private beta version of Fonoster is invited only.

If you are interested in trying Fonoster, please drop a comment below, and we will guide you on how to start.

-- UPDATE 3 --

Starting today, everyone in our Slack community will have access to the private beta. You just need to submit a PR with your GitHub username added on this list.

-- UPDATE 2 --

We are only waiting on finishing the WebUI so we can open the platform for testing :)

https://www.loom.com/share/6a4204c12a4c4ac6b4a1e65037ad4441

-- UPDATE 1--

We are accepting beta testers. You can gain access by submitting a PR that adds your user to this list 👈👈

[nums]

Hello,

nice work !
I'm focusing on audio Phone call to WebRTC and vice versa.
I'm available to test it.
I am located in France and I already have a French VoIP service.

Best regards,
Emmanuel

[psanders]

Thanks for answering the call @nums

To start, I'm thinking you could use the guide but let me know if you get stuck. What do you think?

Can you let us know how it goes?

[jonathan-chin]

What are the commitments and expectations for beta testers?

[psanders]

Hi @jonathan-chin

I updated the original post to be a bit more specific.

[jonathan-chin]

what would be the out of pocket cost for each of the responsibilities listed, if any?

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On Nov 9, 2021, at 9:08 PM, Pedro Sanders ***@***.***> wrote:  Hi @jonathan-chin I updated the original post to be a bit more specific. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS or Android.

[psanders]

Nothing at all.

[psanders]

@jonathan-chin

I talked to the other maintainers and we are thinking of sending a few Numbers so can have access to the full cycle of the project (like calling the PSTN)

[jonathan-chin]

if you do, let me know. I'd be interested in beta testing that. I would be a good data point because I've never worked with VOIP before.

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On Nov 11, 2021, at 2:18 PM, Pedro Sanders ***@***.***> wrote:  @jonathan-chin I talk to the other maintainers and we are thinking of sending a few Numbers so can have access to the full cycle of the project (like calling to the PSTN) — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS or Android.

[psanders]

I sent you a set of test credentials. Notice that I was vague with the information (intentionally) because I want to know if the documentation is useful enough 🙂

[psanders]

Hi @jonathan-chin

How is it going? Let me know if you need any help with testing :)

[jonathan-chin]

thanks for the ping. I'll open a new issue

[psanders]

Thanks for the detailed feedback, you have no idea how much it helps!

I will update the guide to make those steps more clear.

[psanders]

Here are a few notes about your feedback

the CLI prompts me to allow 'experiments', but the guide doesn't explain what that is

We were looking at a shorter way of saying "enable experimental features," but it's obvious that it doesn't work. It seems too long, but we might just use something like this:

This utility will help you create a new Fonoster Project
Press ^C at any time to quit.
? friendly name project-name
? allow experimental features?  (Y/n)

no problems but the CLI asks me for an "expire" value.

The expire refers to the time (in seconds) after which a SIP endpoint sends a "refresh" connection request. Here is what I think:

1. Replace the "expire" with "registration expiry (in secs)"
2. Improve the guide to include exactly what each parameter means

what do I do with this URL now?

I think the fix for this is to show a diagram or a small video

it's unclear what command I should run.

I think the fix for this is to show a diagram or a small video

Again. Thanks for the feedback!

[beckerchase]

heya pedro! just came across this project in the last hour -- but love everything about it on first pass. voip noob, but happy to serve as an indie-saas-founder customer type if that's useful to the mission. rock on

[psanders]

Yes! We just started testing and can use all the help available. There are two main areas:

1. Trying the getting started guide and help us identify gaps
2. Tell us about potential use-cases you want to implement with Fonoster

Sure there is more, but I think that is a good starting point.

[sarikarathod20]

Hi @psanders , again sarika here, below is the code you asked for
index.js
const { VoiceServer } = require("@fonoster/voice");
const voiceServer = new VoiceServer({ base: '/voiceapp' });

// const voiceServer = new VoiceServer();

voiceServer.listen(async(req, res) => {
console.log('req');
await res.answer();
await res.play("sound:hello-world");
await res.hangup();
});

call.js
// This will load the SDK and reuse your Fonoster credentials
const Fonoster = require("@fonoster/sdk");
const callManager = new Fonoster.CallManager();

// Few notes:
// 1. Update the from to look exactly as the Number you added
// 2. Replace the webhook with the one from your Ngrok
callManager.call({
from: "+91XXXXXXXXXX",
to: "+91XXXXXXXXXX",
webhook: "https://dd07-103-238-107-220.ngrok.io/voiceapp"
})
.then(console.log)
.catch(console.error);

[psanders]

I did a little digging and it looks like you use the webhook of your application as the host of your service provider. You need to update host to use the trunk your Provider gave you. This will typically look like this:

newyork1.voip.ms:5060 or
208.100.60.66:5060

The CLI is not validating the host value which is a bug

[sarikarathod20]

@psanders , so does this mean that the fonoster does not work with Indian phone number if I use from and to as Indian phone number?

[psanders]

As long as you have a VoIP provider, it does not matter the country. It seems that Airtel offers VoIP, but you have to ask them for the trunking information.

[sarikarathod20]

@psanders , got it, thanks for all the help Pedro, appreciate it!!

[psanders]

Hi @sarikarathod20

Got any luck with your provider?

[jonathan-chin]

Thanks. For the experiments issue, I don't think making the prompt more verbose is the issue. The issue is that I don't know what experiments are; did I miss it in the guide?

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On Nov 17, 2021, at 7:27 PM, Pedro Sanders ***@***.***> wrote:  Here are a few notes about your feedback the CLI prompts me to allow 'experiments', but the guide doesn't explain what that is We were looking at a shorter way of saying "enable experimental features," but it's obvious that it doesn't work. It seems too long, but we might just use something like this: This utility will help you create a new Fonoster Project Press ^C at any time to quit. ? friendly name project-name ? allow experimental features? (Y/n) no problems but the CLI asks me for an "expire" value. The expire refers to the time (in seconds) after which a SIP endpoint sends a "refresh" connection request. Here is what I think: Replace the "expire" with "registration expiry (in secs)" Improve the guide to include exactly what each parameter means what do I do with this URL now? I think the fix for this is to show a diagram or a small video it's unclear what command I should run. I think the fix for this is to show a diagram or a small video Again. Thanks for the feedback! — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS or Android.

[psanders]

Experiments are meant to give you access to pre-beta APIs.

[jonathan-chin]

ahh. in that case, changing the wording in the CLI to something like enable experimental APIs would be enough

[psanders]

@jonathan-chin

FYI: I updated the docs to include a small demo video for each guide. I also made some small changes to the CLI to reflect some of your recommendations.

[kylechase]

Interested in testing this out. We make software to dispatch alarm notification from industrial processes via voice or sms currently.

[psanders]

@kylechase

I believe we are opening the doors by the end of next week. I will make sure you get access!

[jorgemndoza]

I would love to test it out and hopefully contribute with the project

[cdrsociate]

Hello guys!
I've just come around Fonoste, we are Sociate AI, an AI focused startup working with voice assistants on the AI side (multimodal and reinforcement learning models). We would love to be beta testers and considering using Fonoster for several demos, PoCs and next steps in our roadmap.
Let me know what do we need to do and when could we start testing!
Best

Claudia Davila

[psanders]

Hi! @cdrsociate

I sent you an invite to Slack. We are starting the private beta by Friday next week. I'll save you a spot.

[antoniusostermann]

Hey, we'd also love to test fonester. We are a company of 70 employees based in Germany, one of our main products is a chatbot software mainly for the German finance sector. I'd love to test how our software would interoperate with fonester, and we might also offer some contribution power

[psanders]

@jorgemndoza @kylechase

Are you already on our Slack community? We are starting the Beta program this week and would love to have you there.

[aly-rafiki]

Would love to join and test.

Thanks

[RileyGB]

We would love to join and test it out in the health tech space.

[adowning]

We are in a field service based business writing inhouse apps with twilio but would love to join, test and more.

[psanders]

Hi there @stather @adowning @RileyGB @aly-rafiki

Are you already on our Slack community? We created a channel to make collaboration easier. Do you care to join?

[damidani]

Hello,
I would like to have access to the beta, because I think it's a very nice project and would like to test it ^^

Kind regards,
Damien

[PeterOsei]

i guess i have to join the slack community following the posts here. Any link?

[psanders]

HI @PeterOsei!

Here is the link to join Slack => https://join.slack.com/t/fonoster/shared_invite/zt-b6n7hrwz-PJT9SXg_RRR9Q1gI7DI6kA

[darsantiago]

Would you join us?

We are currently working with a small group of individuals and organizations, that want to test Fonoster before it becomes public. At the moment access to the pre-beta version of Fonoster is invited only.

If you are interested in trying Fonoster, please drop a comment below and we will guide you on how to start.

-- UPDATE ---

We are only waiting on finishing the WebUI so we can open the platform for testing :)

https://www.loom.com/share/6a4204c12a4c4ac6b4a1e65037ad4441

Hi,

I am in Colombia and I am starting with dialogflow and have some experience with VoIP (Asterisk, FusionPBX). I want to try this in order to check if we can use it locally. Could you please tell me how to go?

Best regards,

Dario

[psanders]

Hi Dario,

We are taking a new beta tester. You can gain access by submitting a PR that adds your user to this list.

[boxxa]

US based and would love to beta test. Long time twilio user.

[psanders]

@boxxa

We will keep updated on the next round of testing.

[devgmstudios]

Would love to test.

[psanders]

@devgmstudios

We will keep updated on the next round of testing.

[w95]

We would love to join and test it out.

[psanders]

Thanks, @w95

We will keep updated on the next round of testing.

[wootsbot]

I would love to join to try to help, I hope I can help, I am attentive and eager to know if I can contribute something.

[showf68]

hello, i'll be happy to join the testers. live in Israel.

[tambow44]

I am keen. Will have some real time beginning of July.

[RRAJ644]

I would love to build and test

[harkiratsm]

I would love to try and contribute .

[psanders]

I added you to the list. You can now head to the console.

[jaisr2001]

hi,
i am intrested to test voice call, webrtc

[psanders]

I added you to the list. You can now head to the console.

[jbwill36]

I dont know if this aligns with the vision of this project or not, but I am a carrier, and have extensive capabilities to create interop for a reasonable number of solutions. At least 150 current'ish generation endpoints, at least 60 different ATAs, 16-20 IP speakers, adaptors, etc..,have 12 commercially licensed SBC manufacturers, and more than 90 Commercial PBXs, I dont even know how many current Hosted Interops, and we can throw some compute, SIP Trunking, STIR/SHAKEN Framework support, ELIN, Etc... Resources. If my team gets some free time some dev efforts. I've been following this for a while and would like to contribute and help. There is more we can provide from a resource standpoint as well. If interested we should probably move to private message. I think this project has a great promise to become a transformative technology.

[psanders]

@jbwill36, I am interested in exploring a collaboration. Could you please direct message or email me?