How can I dial/call ASCII "phone-numbers" like 'mary' or 've7ok' in an asterisk sip exchange with the android app?

Question

I do not wish to add an additional layer of phone book with numeric extensions as this would complicate things.  I plan to use ham-call-sign as the unique identifer.

Answer 1

Hello,

You should be able to call other people dialling their username on the Asterisk in Zoiper for Android. However keep in mind that Zoiper has a "Strip dial character" per account and "Strip .-()[]{}/ in caller-id" features might have to be disabled, otherwise the numbers could be wrongfully dialled  because some symbols were stripped.

Comments

When only the dial-pad was available it was difficult, but once the keyboard comes on screen it is easy.   One method I used was to make google contacts on a laptop.