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Re: That would be cool! #56





Kenneth Watt wrote:
>
> If I want to use ACE TTS engine to do announcements from HV etc and I
want
> to pipe that all round the house how do I do it? Now before you jump
the
> gun, it's not that simple, as if it would be ;o) The catch is that I
want
> the announcement not to happen in some rooms at pre-determined times

My approach to HA announcements is using a crappy stereo FM transmitter
kit hooked up to a PC soundcard. This has the advantage of avoiding all
that cabling (far too lazy for that) and I can use cheap FM radios, hi
fi receivers, the car stereo etc for reception. The downside is that a)
it's totally illegal, and b) my nearest neighbour could probably receive
the transmissions were he so inclined.

For your application though, you could have a radio in the kids' room on
a timeswitch, or controlled by an appliance module. Mind you, you could
do that even if you went the wired route.

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