AUDIAL(1)AUDIAL(1)NAMEaudial - generate or recognize touch tones for North Amer
ican telephones
SYNOPSISaudial [-audio servername] [-volume 0-100] [-spacing mil_
liseconds] [-pause milliseconds] [-duration milliseconds]
dialstring
audial-recognize [-microphone] [-gain 0-100] [-time sec_
onds]
DESCRIPTION
The audial program generates touch tones suitable for
dialing a North American telephone. audial can also rec
ognize touch tones and produce the corresponding string.
GENERAL OPTIONS
The following options may be used in either dial or recog
nition mode:
-audio servername
This option specifies the Network Audio System
server on which the files should be played.
DIAL OPTIONS
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.
DIALING STRING
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
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found on a keypad are generated.
, A blank tone whose length is specified by the
-pause option is generated.
Any other characters are ignored.
RECOGNITION OPTIONS-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.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
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 com
mand line.
DISPLAY This specifies the name of an X Window System dis
play that should be assumed to also have a corre
sponding Network Audio System server.
SEE ALSOnas(1)COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1993, 1994 Network Computing Devices, Inc.
AUTHORS
Greg Renda, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
Kevin Martin, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
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