making phone calls with C#

Question

I need a relatively inexpensive solution to make phone calls from the .net platform (C# in particular). it has to be able to dial a number and determine if the line is disconnected, if someone answered, and if someone answer possibly play a message. Thanks for any info.

Answer 1

You can use Twilio to make outgoing calls. They have a REST API you can call from your application. Check out the Making Calls section.

I'm not associated with Twilio - it's just a useful service I use.

Answer 2

Depending on what resources you have on hand, what you need to use it for, what type of budget you have, there are a bunch of different options. Some will charge you on a per call basis, some let you set something up where you run it in house and you just pay for up front hardware costs and support.

As Tai Squared stated, Twilio is a solid answer. I also know that Cisco has some automated dialer options.

Phone tree is also another that I have used in the past, though integration with them can be hairy. http://www.phonetree.com/

Good luck.