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    With anything that will make a sound file. I use a text to speech
    program<br>
    to make a WAV file and then convert the files to GSM with a program
    <br>
    called "Sox" which you can download for free on the Internet. It
    will <br>
    convert WAV files to GSM or ULAW format for Asterisk. <br>
    <br>
    Take a look at:<br>
    <br>
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nextup.com/">http://www.nextup.com/</a><br>
    <br>
    You can download a trial version of "Text Aloud" and hear what a
    bunch<br>
    of TTS voices sound like. If you are going to make a bunch of sound
    files,<br>
    like announcements. id'ers, and the "node names" files, that's the
    easiest way <br>
    to do it. I use a voice called NeoSpeech Kate, which is close to
    Allison's<br>
    voice and probably the most realistic TTS voice I have. <br>
    <br>
    You can also use the Windows recorder to record them. Get one of the<br>
    girls from the ham club with a nice voice to record them for you. Or
    hire<br>
    Allison Smith, but she's probably a bit expensive because she's a
    real <br>
    person, not a TTS voice <span class="moz-smiley-s1"></span><br>
    <br>
    A TTS voice costs about $30, and a the Text Aloud program is also
    about<br>
    $30, so for sixty bucks you can make sound files forever....<br>
    <br>
    73, Jim KH2D<br>
    <br>
    On 2/17/2012 10:13 PM, Ron Simpson wrote:
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              <p>How do I generate the files? <br>
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              <p>73,</p>
              <p>Ron - N6GKJ<br>
                Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android</p>
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              <hr size="1"> <b> <span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span>
              </b> Jim Kehler <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kh2d@bellsouth.net"><kh2d@bellsouth.net></a>; <br>
              <b> <span style="font-weight:bold:">To:</span> </b>
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org"><app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org></a>; <br>
              <b> <span style="font-weight:bold:">Subject:</span> </b>
              Re: [App_rpt-users] Voice Mail features of Asterisk <br>
              <b> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span> </b>
              Sat, Feb 18, 2012 3:11:26 AM <br>
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                  <td style="font:inherit;" valign="top"> Ron, <br>
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                    I don't know about voice mail, but you can use the
                    Tail Message function to play<br>
                    canned announcements. Goes in the [Node] stanza:<br>
                    <br>
                    ;<br>
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;<br>
                    ; Audio files can be played for weather warnings,
                            <br>
                    ;  to announce     club meetings, etc.<br>
                    ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
                    <br>
                    ;<br>
                    ; Audio file(s) to be played as a tail message. If
                    there<br>
                    ; is more than one file listed, separate files with
                    a comma<br>
                    ; and the files will be rotated. File extension
                    should be<br>
                    ; omitted. If no path is specified, the files should
                    be <br>
                    ; located in /var/lib/asterisk/sounds.<br>
                    ;<br>
                    ; Example: tailmessagelist=file1,file2,file3 <br>
                    ;<br>
                    tailmessagelist=/kh2d/node-announce<br>
                    ;<br>
                    ; Time, in miliseconds, between tail messages<br>
                    ; 900000 = 15 minutes.<br>
                    ;<br>
                    tailmessagetime=3600000 <br>
                    ;<br>
                    ; If a user transmits during the tail message, a
                    shorter <br>
                    ; interval can be set to replay the message
                    (miliseconds).<br>
                    ; 300000 = 5 minutes  <br>
                    ;<br>
                    tailsquashedtime=900000  <br>
                    ;<br>
                    ;<br>
                    <br>
                    73, Jim KH2D<br>
                    <br>
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                    On 2/17/2012 9:47 PM, Ron Simpson wrote:
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                              <p>Is it possible to use the voice mail
                                features built into Asterisk for canned
                                system announcements? I want to announce
                                the various nets and meetings on the
                                repeater. I would also like to use the
                                vm feature for someone to call in and
                                leave me a message. Am I doing some big
                                time wishful thinking or is this
                                possible!!<br>
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                              <p>73,</p>
                              <p>Ron - N6GKJ<br>
                                Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android</p>
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