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| 3751.1 | No, but... | MCDOUG::MCPHERSON | pre-retinal integration | Wed Sep 16 1992 16:51 | 24 |
| > Has anyone tried using the Alarms Fired Procedure to play sound files
> on a VAXstation 4000?
No, but I *did* write up a DCL procedure that looped infintely and
played pre-recorded sound files from a speaker attached to a Flamingo's
DECvoice unit. You could *certainly* do it with DECmcc using an
alarm procedure (VMS or ULTRIX) with no problems.
(A brief anecdote...)
I recorded my own voice saying things like, "Jon... Jon... Can you
come over here?" and "Hello ?". I submitted the job to batch and
walked away... (Jon Goodridge is in a cube diagonally opposite the
office with the Flamingo workstation...). The DCL procedure would
loop, playing back these sound files at various volumes, waiting, then
doing it again.
The sad thing is that I don't think Jon was around when the scripts
were running, so it only aggravated the folks in the other adjacent
cubes after a while... (The kept looking over with unhappy faces at an
empty office with a workstation that just periodically babbled in my
voice....)
/doug
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| 3751.2 | yes, and it works | HLRG02::NOTES | | Thu Sep 17 1992 07:35 | 15 |
| Hi,
> Has anyone tried using the Alarms Fired Procedure to play sound files
> on a VAXstation 4000?
Yes I tried this and of course it works.
But I only tried the sounds you get standard, I didn't try yet customized
sounds.
(With the VS4000 you can also record sounds and than play them)
/-/ Henk.
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| 3751.3 | We package our products poorly | CUJO::HILL | Dan Hill-Net.Mgt.-Customer Resident | Thu Sep 17 1992 07:53 | 10 |
| Yes, Henk,
You can record, if you have the microphone. Why we (Digital) can't
package our products in a more complete and useful fashion (i.e.,
include a microphone at no additional charge - like Apple does with a
Macintosh - so people will use the features of the system and be
prompted to buy more software and more systems ...). It is such a
small thing that would add great value.
dh
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| 3751.4 | use your phone handset. | TOOK::MCPHERSON | pre-retinal integration | Thu Sep 17 1992 12:22 | 12 |
| >
> You can record, if you have the microphone. Why we (Digital) can't
> package our products in a more complete and useful fashion (i.e.,
> include a microphone at no additional charge - like Apple does with a
Just unplug the handset from your phone & plug it into the DECvoice jack on the
front of the workstation. Voila! The hanset acts as both microphone and
speaker. Admittedly a low-fi solution, but that's what I used to record my
voice on the workstation. Anyway, it's only an 8-bit codec, so just about the
best yo can hope for is telephone-grade audio...
/doug
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| 3751.5 | Digital truly has support for communications standards | CUJO::HILL | Dan Hill-Net.Mgt.-Customer Resident | Sun Sep 20 1992 02:58 | 11 |
| Doug,
I think this is the first time someone has made me laugh out loud
while reading this notes file. My opinion remains the same on
packaging, but the flexibility and "standard plug-and-play-(record)" is
truly impressive.
I can't wait to try this. My hat is off to you for being so
resourceful, and to the designing engineers for adding this tidbit of
flexibility.
;^) Dan
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