From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 24-105-198-45.cm.mhcable.com ([24.105.198.45] helo=smtp.mhcable.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bajks-0007DX-00 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:23:42 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.mhcable.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B96D1E732B for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:17:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.mhcable.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (VaMailArmor-2.0.1.16) id 13814-61E3CE64; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:17:29 -0400 Received: from beaver.box (209-23-49-149.cm.mhcable.com [209.23.49.149]) by smtp.mhcable.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C866E735B for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:17:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from beaver.box (chuckh@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by beaver.box (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i5GNNer6029147 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:23:40 -0400 Received: from localhost (chuckh@localhost) by beaver.box (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) with ESMTP id i5GNNeGH029144 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:23:40 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: beaver.box: chuckh owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 19:23:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Hallenbeck Sender: chuckh@beaver.box To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <20040616222852.GH12412@rednote.net> Message-ID: References: <20040616222852.GH12412@rednote.net> X-OpenPGP-Fingerprint: 0C589180D4496F1544BAB4308355D1BC33DC7DB46 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiVirus: checked by Vexira MailArmor (version: 2.0.1.16; VAE: 6.25.0.62; VDF: 6.25.0.96; host: smtp.mhcable.com) Subject: Re: talking clock X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 23:23:42 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I used crontab to play a different wav file every hour, and had a simulated cuckoo clock here. There are some marvelous "Big Ben" sounds to use too. I finally traded them all in for the flite_time program, which I run every 15 minutes from crontab. On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Janina Sajka wrote: > The flite package includes a little demo app for announcing the time. You feed it in as a variable from the command line, so you could certainly also do that in a script via your crontab. > > Luke Davis writes: > > Announce it where? By printing it one one of the terminals? By sending > > it through the sound card? What did you have in mind? > > > > On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Roy Nickelson wrote: > > > > >Hi, > > >while I am talking about little programs I like is there a program for > > >linux that will announce the time every hour? > > >Roy > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >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 > > - -- The Moon is Waning Crescent (1% of Full) My home page is now at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iQCVAwUBQNDWfDVdG8M9x9tGAQKwQgP+IYJwJIR/blkQDz/yAwQb0MCz1+vIeBPj LGojNX5pYcmkYTE9JOwQXTkLJ/zkE7CMrPMnV5NfTRx8PZO1JlOtSmiWhH2fZUvy fWfuIjhoBcO3Yd/0N0P6FUwPSgU6yjMLtzUNwjG6hdu9aiMyi7liCQvkEfpH4eaD KErhXzoz9nM= =pdE+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----