thanks very much to all. i almst missed this as it didn't show uyp in my inbox.
it sounds like there exist things that say the time or can be made to. then i can use cron to run it or at for a one-off. i have beep turned off [and currently pulseaudio purged] but videos play sound with no problem so great. On 3/22/22, Will Mengarini <sel...@eskimo.com> wrote: > * Samuel Wales <samolog...@gmail.com> [22-03/20=Su 23:03 -0700]: >> [...] i want debian to tell me the time at certain times. > > Nobody has yet mentioned the festival package, which is a full > text-to-speech system. Once you have that installed, you can use > cron or at jobs to speak whatever you want at specific times. > -- The Kafka Pandemic A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy: https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com