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" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> 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" <lorenzo at taylor.homelinux.net> >> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >> 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 at braille.uwo.ca >> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at 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 at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
