Re: OT? mgetty, text to speech, etc.

["Charles Galpin" <cgalpin lighthouse-software com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Bryan Koschmann <omnilist omnicast net>

> I'm wanting to setup something with my linux box (redhat 6.2). I have a
> phone line with 3 distinctive ring numbers, i.e. the different tones. What
> I would like to do is this:

I have no idea about the distinctive ring stuff, but

> 1) number 1 will be a fax number, and my box would receive the fax.

mgetty/sendfax and others can do this.

> 2) second number would be for me to dial in with a phone. I would like ot
> be able to have it answer and allow me to like, press 123 and have it
> execute some script. Maybe reboot or something. Seems simple, I just don't
> quite know where to begin.

I'm not sure about about this, but am 99% sure that something exists.

> Now the hard part. Also with that, I would like to to play a sound file to
> the phone. And also.. the even harder part. I want a text-to-speech
> program to be able to read a specified file. For example, I dial my
> number, punch in 417 on the keypad, and it "reads" a specified document.

check freshmeat.net for festival - a text to speech program.

> Does this sound at all simple, or am I just reaching?

not simple, but certainly doable!

hth
charles