[arm-allstar] AUTOSKY

[Mr. Possum (Bill)]

Thanks Doug, I will have to play with that a bit - that's downright handy!
Bill - N5MBM

      From: Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
 To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> 
Cc: Doug Crompton <wa3dsp at gmail.com>
 Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 2:19 PM
 Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] AUTOSKY
   
Bill,

 A summary weather report is very possible BUT the problem is good text to
speech for free. The non-free ones don't sound that good and the semi-free
ones like google are a pain that not everyone would want to do. That is why
we took weather other than short snippets out of the code awhile back.
Goggle use to be free and easy to use and at least for awhile we enjoyed
it. People want free, easy, and good quality. It is hard to get all three.

There is a current weather condition not forecast script I wrote out there
-  wx_condition.sh <AirportDesignator or -wWundergroundCode>  <node>

Ex.

wx_condtion.sh KPHL 4000
wx_condition.sh -wPAPHL12 40000

Run wx_condition.sh  with no parameters for more examples.

A forecast is hard because you really need to use TTS and peopl want it to
be understandable!


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*



On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 2:57 PM, "Mr. Possum (Bill) via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> I agree with Doug, it is supposed to a bare minimum alert system - to prod
> you to go look at other sources...  Making the repeater become a "chatty
> kathy" would get tiresome for some users...
> However, I sort of agree with you though, to a point, I have wished and
> dreamed of a simple zip code based "summary weather report" for the next 24
> hours that could be called up by a touch tone command...  I am not a
> programmer and I have no idea if such a thing is even possible.  But a guy
> can dream, right?
>
> But in this scenario - out on the local lake, sitting in a boat, it would
> be nice to be able to bring up a "summary weather report" via touch tones
> between casts and hauling "that big one" into the boat...  I think that
> would be downright handy!
> However, in reality, I could just do the same thing on my android phone in
> a few minutes in between casts...  And it would be heck of a lot better and
> more detailed than anything someone could make our repeaters do with voice
> from text.
>
> But AutoSky does do a good job of being the "alert system" to prod me to
> go look at my smart phone and look at weather underground...  And we have
> been grateful for it.  It is a valued part of our repeater systems.
>
> Bill - N5MBMwww.n5mbm.net
>      From: "KD2NFC, Joe Puma via arm-allstar" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
>  To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Cc: "KD2NFC, Joe Puma" <kd2nfc at gmail.com>
>  Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 1:20 PM
>  Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] AUTOSKY
>
> Hi Doug,
>
>  OK well yes I am hearing some new weather updates, we are having a storm
> this evening and I am getting an update for severe weather. Pretty cool but
> with such a lovely voice it would be nice to hear autosky talk some more.
>
> Joe
> Kd2nfc
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On May 15, 2018, at 8:43 AM, Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> > Joe,
> >
> >  AutoSky is working. When you hear "Special Weather Statement" it is
> > because the current statement is not mapped. There are about 48 mapped
> > situations like "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" etc. If AutoSky does not
> have
> > a mapping for the statement it just says "Special Weather statement"  All
> > of the major statements are covered. The idea is to alert you there is
> > something going on your should check on or be aware of and you should
> check
> > other sources to see what it is. Alert text is stored in /tmp/AUTOSKY.
> >
> >
> > *73 Doug*
> >
> > *WA3DSP*
> >
> > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 7:56 AM, "Joe Puma via arm-allstar" <
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Can someone tell me if Autosky is working? I have it set up right and I
> >> hear things like “special weather alert” and all clear but I don’t
> actually
> >> hear the body or summary of the special weather alert. I know its
> pulling
> >> in xml data but why no workie?
> >>
> >> Joe
> >> KD2NFC
> >>
> >> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
> >>
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