Well, here is a command that will tick off seconds based on the system time of a linux machine: watch -tn1 date +'%S' On 03/26/14 07:12, Jayson Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I think what is wanted is a program to tick off seconds, as accurately > as possible, and probably announce the time every minute or so, though > I'm not sure about this. I think the intended purpose is to synchronize > standalone talking clocks/watches to the Linux box, rendered accurate > via NTP. Obviously such clocks/watches have no means of synchronization > to any accurate time source except by use of human effort. > > I know of a program that simulates the tone signals produced by WWV and > WWVH. It simulates everything except the 100HZ digital time code, the > double ticks to indicate the difference between UTC and UT1 or whatever > it's called, and the voice announcements. Unfortunately, it runs on > Windows, not Linux. > Jayson > > On 3/26/2014 7:05 AM, Kyle wrote: >> I was just thinking you may want something that just ticks off seconds. >> In this case, you can probably use a tick sound and the sleep command in >> a script to get something fairly close to what you want. It's crude, but >> effective. >> ~Kyle >> http://kyle.tk/ > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- --- John G. Heim, 608-263-4189, jheim at math.wisc.edu
