On 3/26/2014 11:29 AM, John G. Heim wrote: > Well, here is a command that will tick off seconds based on the system > time of a linux machine: > > watch -tn1 date +'%S' > Could that perhaps be combined with sox to achieve the sound the OP wants? > 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 >> > -- Take care, Ty http://tds-solutions.net He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares not reason is a slave.
