If you ever wanted to dial a number from your address book over a landline without having to type in the number, here is the solution: I have created

a) a command line program that outputs DTMF tones over the speaker

b) an address book plugin that executes the above mentioned program from the options menu of a selected contact.

The program is available from extras-testing. If you choose the package "abook-dtmf" containing the plugin, the other package "dtmf" containing the command line program should be selected automatically.

The "osso-addressbook" process needs to be restarted for the plugin to be loaded. The safest method to achieve this is to reboot the phone.

For numbers containing a "+" it is possible to adjust the international call prefix to your local choice from an options screen. Also, you can configure a prefix that is added to all numbers.

Screenshots:




Edit 1: Added screenshot, uploaded to extras-devel, package optified
Edit 2: Rephrased the restarting part of the instructions
Edit 3: 2nd screenshot
Edit 4: Version 0.2