Comments on: A Linux Talking Clock http://charlessocci.com/2009/05/27/a-linux-talking-clock/ Information Technology, Computers, and Amateur Radio Wed, 12 May 2010 21:38:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: csocci http://charlessocci.com/2009/05/27/a-linux-talking-clock/comment-page-1/#comment-86 csocci Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:01:24 +0000 http://charlessocci.com/?p=96#comment-86 Hi Percy - The script works by playing any wav file of your choosing. The wav file could be anything you want - an audio sample of Big Ben, whatever. You can also use espeak to give a synthesized speech version of any text you can type. All we are doing is using a cron job to schedule the playing of a wav file (chosen by passing variables returned from the BASH date command) - you can schedule it to do whatever you like. Hi Percy -

The script works by playing any wav file of your choosing. The wav file could be anything you want – an audio sample of Big Ben, whatever. You can also use espeak to give a synthesized speech version of any text you can type. All we are doing is using a cron job to schedule the playing of a wav file (chosen by passing variables returned from the BASH date command) – you can schedule it to do whatever you like.

]]> By: Percy McManus http://charlessocci.com/2009/05/27/a-linux-talking-clock/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Percy McManus Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:53:52 +0000 http://charlessocci.com/?p=96#comment-85 Hi, Your name came up after I typed in talking clock. What if a person wanted a clock to announce something other than the time or date? Would that be easy to do? I haven't seen it anywhere else. Thanks, Percy Hi,

Your name came up after I typed in talking clock. What if a person wanted a clock to announce something other than the time or date? Would that be easy to do? I haven’t seen it anywhere else.

Thanks,

Percy

]]> By: Paul Richardson http://charlessocci.com/2009/05/27/a-linux-talking-clock/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Paul Richardson Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:32:31 +0000 http://charlessocci.com/?p=96#comment-61 Thank you so much for the basic theme, I have modified it to suit my own needs, and I love it. a small note, in your script you show "" around the dir/file instructions, that isn't required on my system, other than that I added some simple clock chimes on the hour and half. It works great. Thnx again, great help. > Sure thing! I'm glad you were able to make something with it! Thank you so much for the basic theme, I have modified it to suit my own needs, and I love it.
a small note, in your script you show “” around the dir/file instructions, that isn’t required on my system, other than that I added some simple clock chimes on the hour and half. It works great. Thnx again, great help.

> Sure thing! I’m glad you were able to make something with it!

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