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- Short: Real Speech Clock - Final Release
- Author: splayer@rogers.com (Allan Versaevel)
- Uploader: splayer@rogers.com (Allan Versaevel)
- Type: util/time
-
-
- VClock v1.7c
- -------------
-
- This is a real speech clock. It runs as a commodity, uses little memory,
- and has some neat features.
-
- - 12 or 24 hour clock
- - AM/PM(12hr) or Hours(24hr) endings can be turned off or on
- - Hourly, 1/2 hour, and 1/4 hour Chime
- - VClock can be deactivated at any time.
- - High quality 8-bit samples, sampled at 22Khz
- - Enhanced Chime. Voice, Chime, or both.
- - Samples can be replaced by your own voice if you have a sampler
- handy
- - Uses Play16.
- - Prefs Window. Now you can edit, test, and save most of VClock's
- prefs with this window.
- - Option to Speak On Startup (S.O.S)
- - Tooltypes
-
- Requirements:
- -------------
-
- - Amiga
- - OS 2.x+
- - Play16 1.8+
- - 512K ram
-
- Usage:
- ------
-
- Click on it or throw it in your WBStartup Drawer. If you move the main
- exe out of the VCLock dir (like the WBStartup drawer) don't forget to set
- the PATH tooltype in VClock's Icon.
-
-
- CX_ Keys can be changed to any combination you like.
-
-
- Tooltypes that VCLock Sets.
-
- NOTE: Only the CX_ tooltypes need to be edited by hand, The rest can be
- saved through the new Prefs Window.
-
- PATH - < path > where ever your samples for VClock are.
-
- PLAY16 - The Play16 file by name and path.
-
- 24Hr - Sets 24hr mode: 0=OFF 1=ON
-
- BEGINING - Intro for the time. 0=OFF 1=Begining 1 2=Begining 2
-
- FORMAT - Short or Long versions of the time: 0=OFF 1=ON (default)
-
- S.O.S - Speak On Startup. Will say the time when VClock is first
- started. 0=OFF 1=ON (default)
-
- NOTIFY - Speak the time every 1/2 hour or every hour on the hour:
- 0=OFF 1=Every hour on the hour 2=Every 1/2 hour
-
- CHIME - 0=Voice 1=Chime 2=Both
-
- CHIMEONCE - 0=OFF 1=ON. If OFF the Chime will sound according to what hour
- it is, ie: 9:00 the chime will sound 9 times. If ON it will
- sound only once and the time will be spoken on the hour.
-
- VOLUME - Sets how loud or quiet VClock speaks. (0-100) 100 is the default.
-
- CX_SPEAK - Hotkey to make VClock speak (lshift lalt f10).
-
- CX_SLEEP - Hotkey to turn make VClock quiet. On or off (lshift lalt z). This
- only has an effect if the NOTIFY is on."
-
- CX_SHOW - Brings up VClock's Prefs Window. (lshift lalt v)
-
-
- Making your own Samples:
- -----------------------
-
- It is very easy. Just get a microphone and a sampler and sample your own.
- Listen to the samples in the VSamples dir. Make your samples and replace
- the old files with yours or make a new directory and have VClock use those
- instead.
-
-
- I added a real Chime, So I changed "Chime" in the prefs window to "Notify"
- Play with the prefs window to see what it does. The chime will ring out the
- hours aswell, ie: At 3:00 it will chime 3 times if the Once gadget is set
- to off.
-
-
- History
- -------
-
- 1.0 - Wrong tooltype, should have been ENDING, not HOURS
-
- 1.0b - Changed audio channel mask to channels #2 and #3. Seems to be a bit
- more friendly when other sounds try to use the audio.device.
-
- 1.0c - Added Commodity Support
-
- 1.0d - Chime added
-
- 1.0e - Play16 used now for audio playback. Tooltype for Play16 path and
- name added.
- - 2 alternate Beginings:
- Begining=1 will say "The Time Is"
- Begining=2 will say "It Is Now"
-
- 1.0f - 24 hour and Beginning phrase was somewhat messed up. Fixed.
-
- 1.0g - Chime can now be set to 1/2 hour and every hour on the hour or both.
-
- 1.0h - Resampled "OClock" and "AM" samples.
-
- 1.1 - Added Chime Hotkey to turn Chime on or off while VClock is running.
- - Volume Toolype added.
- - Aminet Release.
-
- 1.2 - Added the Prefs Window
- - 1/4 hour chime option added.
- - Added Play16 argument string gadget. Gives you more control
- over how Play16 plays the samples.
- - Changed default CX hotkeys. Should not conflict with popular
- applications.
- - CX_Quit hotkey is no longer needed. Use the CX_Show to access the
- Prefs window and quit from there.
- - Changed "Begining" tooltype to "Intro"
- - VisualPrefs workaround. Damn hacks!
-
- 1.3 - Proper format for 24 hour speech. I think :)
- - Resampled "0.iff" (oh). Sounds much better than the older one.
- - FORMAT Tooltype replaces ENDING. Short or Long versions of both
- AM/PM and 24hr modes can be used.
-
- 1.4 - Fixed FORMAT Tooltype. Was not being set porperly.
- - Added Speak On Startup (S.O.S)
-
-
-
- 1.5 - Path Requester will automatically pop up if the VClock Samples can
- not be found.
- - Default Hotkey CX_Show changed to "lshift lalt v"
- - CX_Chime changed to CX_Sleep (This it to avoid confusion with the new
- Chime function. Default Hotkey is "lshift lalt z"
- - Changed Chime to Notify.
- - Chime is now better. Can be Voice, Chime, or both
- Default Chime is Cuckoo.iff. Feel free to replace this wacky bird
- with something else.
- - Version String Changed
-
- 1.6 - Sorry, I skipped to 1.7 :)
-
- 1.7 - Fixed some bugs that made VClock misbehave
- - Removed the Play16 Args parameters. Who cares
- anyway :)
-
- 1.7b - VClock quits properly now. No longer messes up the system. Various
- other program exit related problems fixed as well.
-
- 1.7c - Fixed: Chime didn't work properly.
- - Fixed: Notify would run every 15 minutes regardless of of it's
- setting. Thanks to Daniel Westerberg for bringing this to
- my attention.
-
-
-
- This is the last version of VClock. Thanks to all who helped in bug reports.
-
- If you find this thing useful or have any comments or suggestions, please
- e-mail me at splayer@srogers.com. Feel free to check out SPlayer 1.9e.
- The Mpega/Play16/Audio CD GUI. It's on Aminet under mus/play
-
- Regards,
- Allan Versaevel
-