saydate1

Usage

Overview

This manual page documents briefly the saydate command.

saydate is a Linux shell program that talks the current date through the computer's sound device. It is adapted from the shell version of saytime.

Options

A summary of options is included below.

-dow

Say weekday name (Sunday..Saturday).

-month

Say month name (January..December).

-day

Say day of month (the 1st..31st).

-year

Say year (1970...).

-uptime

Say the system uptime (uptime is 7 days 3 hours 47 minutes).

-the_date_is

Say the phrase the date is.

-the

Say the word the.

-and

Say the word and.

--help

Show summary of options.

--version

Show version of program.

Files

/usr/share/saydate/*

sound files needed to say the date.

/usr/bin/au2raw

skript to convert files from au to raw for own recordings of saydate's voice.

See also:

au2raw(1), saytime(1).

Word-Wide-Web:

http://webhome.idirect.com/~tekatch/anthony/saydate