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audial - generate or recognize touch tones for North American
telephones
audial [-audio servername] [-volume 0-100] [-spacing mil_liseconds]
[-pause milliseconds] [-duration milliseconds]
dialstring
audial -recognize [-microphone] [-gain 0-100] [-time sec_onds]
The audial program generates touch tones suitable for
dialing a North American telephone. audial can also recognize
touch tones and produce the corresponding string.
The following options may be used in either dial or recognition
mode:
- -audio servername
-
This option specifies the Network Audio System
server on which the files should be played.
The following options may be used in dial mode:
- -volume 0-100
-
This option specifies the volume at which the data
should be played as a percentage of the maximum
possible volume. The default is 100 percent.
- -spacing milliseconds
-
This option specifies the number of milliseconds
to wait in between each digit. The default is
100.
- -pause milliseconds
-
This option specifies the number of milliseconds
to wait whenever a comma (,) is used in a dial
string. The default is 400.
- -duration milliseconds
-
This option specifies the duration of each tone in
milliseconds. The default is 100.
The following characters may be used in a dialing string:
- 0123456789*#
-
The corresponding touch tone is generated.
- abcd
- Tones representing the 4 «function» keys often
found on a keypad are generated.
- ,
- A blank tone whose length is specified by the
-pause option is generated.
Any other characters are ignored.
-recognize
Enables recognition mode. audial will attempt to
recognize touch tones from the input device and
output the corresponding character.
- -microphone
-
Use microphone gain levels on the audio input
device. If a microphone is plugged into the audio
input jack, this option should be used.
- -gain 0-100
-
This option specifies the input gain level. The
default is 95.
- -time seconds
-
This option specifies how long to attempt the
recognition. The default is forever.
The following environment variables are used by audial:
- AUDIOSERVER
-
This specifies the name of default audio server to
contact if no name is explicitly given on the command
line.
DISPLAY This specifies the name of an X Window System display
that should be assumed to also have a corresponding
Network Audio System server.
nas(1)
Copyright 1993, 1994 Network Computing Devices, Inc.
Greg Renda, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
Kevin Martin, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
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