NAME

ncid-speak - send Caller ID to a text-to-speech program

SYNOPSIS

ncid --no-gui --module ncid-speak

DESCRIPTION

The ncid-speak output module speaks the Caller ID using festival.

CONFIGURATION

The ncid-speak output module is configured in ncid-speak.conf.

allowed_types

This sets the NCID call and/or message types ncid-speak will send. See ncid-speak.conf for a complete list.

Default: allowed_types="CID PID MSG NOT"

SpeakThis

What to say, '$NAME' or '$NMBR' or '$NMBR $NAME' or '$NAME $NMBR'. Must be inside single quotes.

Default: SpeakThis='$NAME'

SpeakInput

Test-to-speech program. Default uses festival.
If using the Macintosh:
SpeakInput="say $SpeakThis"
If you want a specific voice for the Macintosh:
SpeakInput="say -v Vicki $SpeakThis"

Default: SpeakInput="echo $SpeakThis | festival --tts"

SpeakTimes

The number of times to speak the same input.

Default: SpeakTimes=1

SpeakDelay

If SpeakTimes is greater than 1, SpeakDelay is the delay in seconds between repeating the input.

Default: SpeakDelay=2

AreaCodeLength

If non-zero, a name value of "NO NAME" will be replaced with the string "Area Code " followed by the requested number of area code digits separated by spaces.

If set to the number of digits in phone number, a name value of "NO NAME" will be replaced with the digits of the phone number separated by spaces.

A leading "1" for the CID number is always ignored.

Default: AreaCodeLength=3

REQUIREMENTS

festival text-to-speech software

FILES