Whether it’s a quick weather update or a seven-day forecast, you’ll now be able to listen to it from any touchtone phone by dialing 611 and then a three-digit airport code for any of 1,000 cities you’re interested in. All you’ll need is a free Asterisk@Home or TrixBox server, the free Flite speech synthesis engine, our free MySQL database of airport codes and cities in the United States, and, of course, version 2 of our free Asterisk text-to-speech weather application. Here’s how …

Here’s the definitive step-by-step guide to quickly installing the brand new Asterisk@Home replacement, TrixBox 1.0. It includes the CentOS 4.3 version of Linux and Asterisk 1.2.7.1. In addition, you’ll get an Apache web server, SendMail and Asterisk voicemail servers, MySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin, SugarCRM, NVfaxdetect, Samba for Microsoft file sharing/networking, and much more. The whole project will take you about 90 minutes to complete, and it’s free of charge. This edition of the Newbie’s Guide also adds tips and tricks for those updating from a previous version of Asterisk@Home.

Ever wanted a weather report from your phone for any city in the U.S. with the touch of three buttons? You’re 15 minutes away. Here’s how …

Today we finally have a solution for everyone that has wished for the good ol’ days when the Festival text-to-speech engine actually worked in Asterisk@Home…

Here’s a quick tips-and-tricks guide to quickly installing the latest, greatest version of Asterisk@Home: version 2.8. It includes the CentOS 4.3 version of Linux and Asterisk 1.2.7.1. In addition, you’ll get the all-new freePBX 2.01, an Apache web server, SendMail and Comedian mail servers, MySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin, SugarCRM, NVfaxdetect, Samba for Microsoft file sharing/networking, and much more.

Let Asterisk cast your votes on American Idol® while you read a good book! Here’s how …

Want to make unlimited free calls with Asterisk to anywhere in the U.S., Canada, and 50 other countries? Here’s how …