NAME
saydate 0.3.0 − audio date/uptime check
SYNOPSIS
saydate [options]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the saydate command.
saydate is a Linux shell program that talks the current date through the computer’s sound device. It is adapted from the shell version of saytime.
OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
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−dow |
Say weekday name (Sunday..Saturday). |
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−month |
Say month name (January..December). |
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−day |
Say day of month (the 1st..31st). |
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−year |
Say year (1970...). |
−uptime
Say the system uptime (uptime is 7 days 3 hours 47 minutes).
−the_date_is
Say the phrase the date is.
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−the |
Say the word the. |
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−and |
Say the word and. |
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−−help |
Show summary of options. |
−−version
Show version of program.
FILES
/usr/share/saydate/*
sound files needed to say the date.
/usr/bin/au2raw
skript to convert files from au to raw for own recordings of saydate’s voice.
BUGS
Only English files are supported. Probably a few more.
SEE ALSO:
Word-Wide-Web:
http://webhome.idirect.com/~tekatch/anthony/saydate
AUTHOR
Anthony Tekatch <tekatch [AT] idirect.com>
This manual page was written by Dr. Guenter Bechly <GBechly [AT] gmx.de>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). It is distributed under the GPL just like saydate itself.