Broadcast message to non-speakerphone handsets

@Dickens wrote:

Hi,

I've been tasked with finding out if it's possible to ring all extensions on our FreePBX simultaneously and either broadcast a message from a calling handset or play a pre-recorded message. My first thought was to look at the Paging module, however having run some tests - this works perfectly with our office phones (a mixture of Cisco / Linksys SPA942, SPA962 and SPA525), but not with the phones in the classrooms that don't have speakerphone capabilities (Cisco / Linksys SPA301 & SPA901).

Is anyone aware of either a free or commercial module that will allow such behaviour ? We are basically looking to alert all staff quickly and easily in the case of an emergency and would like to implement any one of the following options:

1. Ring all handsets in a ring group and as each one is answered, play a pre-recorded message individually to each handset.
2. Ring all handsets in a ring group and continuously loop a message to all handsets at the same time, so if a call is picked up when the message is halfway through, the user can listen to the whole message again.
3. Same as 1 or 2 by for a live message spoken into a calling handset.

Any help / direction that anyone can provide would be gratefully received.

Thanks.

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