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NCID-SPEAK(1)          DragonFly General Commands Manual         NCID-SPEAK(1)

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

SYNOPSIS
       ncid --no-gui --program 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.

       SpeakTypes
                 This sets the NCID message types ncid-speak will send.  The
                 different types are CID, OUT, HUP, BLK, WID, MSG, PID, and
                 NOT.

                 Default: SpeakTypes="CID MSG"

       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
       /usr/local/etc/ncid/conf.d/ncid-speak.conf
       /usr/share/ncid/ncid-speak

SEE ALSO
       ncidd.8, ncid-modules.7, ncid.1, ncid-alert.1, ncid-initmodem.1, ncid-
       kpopup.1, ncid-mythtv.1, ncid-notify.1, ncid-page.1, ncid-samba.1,
       ncid-skel.1, ncid-wakeup.1, ncid-yac.1

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