christiansacks / local-tts-anounce

Play some text to your speakers when someone connects to your BBS - only works if BBS is on your main pc and not headless.

local-tts-anounce

Play some text to your speakers when someone connects to your BBS - only works if BBS is on your main pc and not headless.

Pre-requisites

$ sudo apt install mpg321
$ sudo pip install gTTS

Suggested use

 ╔════════════════════ Command Options ════════════════════╗
 ║                                                         ║
 ║ Command    │ (DD) Exec external program                 ║
 ║ Data       │ /path/to/local-tts-anounce.sh %U           ║
 ║ Access     │ !OI                                        ║
 ║ Grid Event │ Selected                                   ║
 ║                                                         ║
 ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝

if you add -m as a second argument it will play a modem connecting sound prior to reading out the caller info

Thanks to

warmfuzzy for asking me how to do this.