SAYTIME(1)						      General Commands Manual							SAYTIME(1)

NAME
saytime - audio time check SYNOPSIS
saytime [ -ch ] [ -d dir ] [ -f fmt ] [ -o dev ] [ -t output-type ] DESCRIPTION
saytime speaks the current time through the computer's sound device. OPTIONS
-v factor Increase volume level by factor. Directly passed on to sox. -r sec Repeat at the specified interval in background mode. -c Output to stdout. -d dir Use sounds from alternate directory (default /usr/share/saytime). -f fmt Specify format of time message. (see FORMAT STRING below). -h Display simple help. -o dev Output to alternate file. If -t is not specified with -o, -t defaults to ossdsp. -t output-type Specify the output type (oss, alsa, etc.); this is passed directly to sox. If neither -t nor -o is specified, saytime will pick a default destination via sox -d. FORMAT STRING
A format string can be specified to control the time message. Valid format characters are: %k hour, 24-hour clock (00..23) %l hour, 12-hour clock (01..12) %M minutes %P Introductory phrase ('The time is') %S seconds The default format string is %P%l%M%S. BUGS
Likely a few. It doesn't handle errors gracefully. CONTRIBUTORS
Jef Poskanzer (original author), Patrick J. Edwards <pje120@mail.usask.ca> Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org> David C Dawson <beagle7@pacificcoast.net> (the -v and -r options) 14 Sep 2004 SAYTIME(1)