From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eastrmmtao104.cox.net ([68.230.240.46]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HN1yi-00008S-00 for ; Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:14:56 -0500 Received: from eastrmimpo02.cox.net ([68.1.16.120]) by eastrmmtao104.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.05.02.00 201-2174-114-20060621) with ESMTP id <20070302071425.XSAE2274.eastrmmtao104.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2007 02:14:25 -0500 Received: from garrettk17.dyndns.org ([74.193.255.236]) by eastrmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id VjER1W00156oFbe0000000; Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:14:25 -0500 Received: by garrettk17.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9260C4B062; Fri, 2 Mar 2007 01:14:24 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 01:14:24 -0600 From: Garrett Klein To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: playing sounds remotely was Re: OT: saytime program Message-ID: <20070302071423.GA27017@garrettk17.lan> References: <20070301193814.GA4705@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> <002401c75c3d$bf5b9880$4ba65c90@vv507j> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <002401c75c3d$bf5b9880$4ba65c90@vv507j> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:14:56 -0000 Speaking of which... never give your friend who's aspiring to learn Linux command-line the commands for (1) raising the volume to 100% and (2) using flite. Slackware has no "audio" group--just one of many reasons why I don't use it anymore--and he had logged in while I was listening to BBC World Service. Long story short, he raised the volume to 100% and woke my parents. Explaining that someone else was, in fact, logged into my machine was interesting. On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 02:11:07PM -0600, John Heim wrote: > Yeah, I have a line in my crontab like this: > > 0 * * * * /bin/date +"\%l \%P" | /usr/local/bin/say -fi /dev/stdin > > Note that there is no %M in the date format string so every hour it just > says "2 P M" or whatever. IMO, this is a better approach than running > another daemon just to say the date once an hour. > > I deliberately did not have it stop saying the time at some reasonable hour > like 9 PM. This is for the benefit of the cleaning staff. :-) > > One last note... I have a linux box at home that i often access from my > office. I've played sounds just to see if I get an error message. So far, no > complaints from my wife about strange noises coming from my home office. I > was thinking of playing a practical joke this way though. "Hey hotstuff, how > about coming over here and tickling my keyboard." > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Holmes" > To: > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 1:38 PM > Subject: Re: OT: saytime program > > > > Hey thanks for the date suggestions. I've had something similar around > > here for a long time but it just writes to the screen and I review it. > > This might be fun to pipe into Cepstral Callie as she has a fine > > sounding voice!:) > > > > I think this saytime program Cheryl and others are talking about would > > automatically say the time at selected intervals if I remember > > correctly. If not, well, your alias/script idea could be coupled to > > cron and auto speak at designated intervals. So many ways to skin a cat > > with Linux applications. > > > > On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 10:35:33AM -0600, John Heim wrote: > >> I do this: > >> > >> alias tm='date +"\%l \%M \%P" | say -fi /dev/stdin' > >> > >> Then all you have to do is type 'tm' and it will say the current time. > >> For > >> example, "ten fourty one P M". That uses the DECtalk speech engine but > >> you > >> could also use espeak. > >> > >> alias tm='date +"\l \%M \%P" | speak > >> > >> Or you could have it speak through whatever synth you're using for > >> speakup > >> by just saying > >> > >> date +"%l %M %P" > >> > >> For that matter, you can just say 'date'. > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Lorenzo Taylor" > >> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > >> > >> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 9:39 AM > >> Subject: Re: OT: saytime program > >> > >> > >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> > Hash: SHA1 > >> > > >> > There is a saytime program that sounds better than the one in Debian? > >> > Hm. If anyone has that I would like it as well. > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > Lorenzo > >> > - -- > >> > I've always found anomalies to be very relaxing. It's a curse. > >> > - --Jadzia Dax: Star Trek Deep Space Nine (The Assignment) > >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > >> > > >> > iD8DBQFF5vOeG9IpekrhBfIRAiryAJ0WGeJvEFpqbQzoiqH+Y7Glv8r9HACgruK1 > >> > CG9M/fg7dpLgjhnxcagb7oY= > >> > =2Mgp > >> > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Speakup mailing list > >> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Speakup mailing list > >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > HolmesGrown Solutions > > The best solutions for the best price! > > http://holmesgrown.ld.net/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup