Asterisk TIM

Speaking clock implementation for asterisk, which uses samples from historical speaking clocks.

This project aims to recreate the machines which the recordings came from, as accurately as is reasonably possible. This includes preserving "faults" or "quirks" of the particular machines the recordings came from.

See: https://github.com/paulseward/asterisk-tim

Voices

See the Folders in the Audio directory for more details, but the following voices are available

"ETHEL" - Ethel Cain (Coming soon)
"PAT" - Pat Simmons
"GORDON" - Gordon Gow

The default voice is PAT

For more information about each voice, and the machines they were recorded from, see the README.md in the appropriate Audio subdirectory.

Instalation

Check this repository out into /etc/asterisk/asterisk-tim

cd /etc/asterisk
git clone https://github.com/paulseward/asterisk-tim.git

Create a symlink to the audio files

ln -s /etc/asterisk/asterisk-tim/Audio /usr/share/asterisk/sounds/TIM

Add an entry to /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf which includes the TIM code

#include /etc/asterisk/asterisk-tim/tim.conf

Steer a number in your dialplan (eg 123) towards the TIM subroutines

;; 123 - Speaking clock
; ${VOICE} indicates the voice to use, the following voices are available:
; "PAT" - Pat Simmons
; "GORDON" - Gordon Gow

exten => 123,1,Gosub(TIM,s,1(${VOICE}))

If you're not already doing so, install and configure "ntpd" to sync your servers clock with an internet time source

ToDo

Noise reduction on Pat Simmons samples
Record Ethel Cain
Produce an alternative "Clean" Gordon Gow without the crosstalk on the minutes

Credits

Paul Seward - http://paulseward.com - Asterisk code, audio recordings for Gordon Gow and Ethel Cain
Andrew Emmerson - Audio recording of Pat Simmons