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10.3: Use new say command for easy Terminal speech
Authored by: pwharff on Nov 20, '03 11:54:38AM

What would be really funny, SSH to your Mac, use osascript to turn the volume all the way up on your Mac (set volume 6) and then "say" something to someone at home, like your wife or kids!!! Like I might say: "Hello? This is the crazy and possesed Mac speaking to you. Do what I say or I will start saying knock knock jokes."

I'm not sure if this would work through SSH, but I guess it would. BTW, whats the highest interger for setting the volume all the way up?



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works via SSH
Authored by: matx666 on Nov 20, '03 12:13:47PM

as long as you have an account with shell acess (remote login turned on too) then you can do this. It worked with the osascript tip and now with say. Very useful. Remind those students they should not be eating in the lab, or something.



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works via SSH
Authored by: ulrich on Nov 20, '03 01:19:53PM

LOL



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10.3: Use new say command for easy Terminal speech
Authored by: spacebrother on Nov 20, '03 02:37:54PM

I've been trying to build a little app based on say, but I'm just a web guy:

http://www.robotradio.net/



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Re: Practical joke
Authored by: bmerlin on Dec 03, '03 04:14:24PM

Yeah, I've done this to people. Yes, it's hilarious.

Kinda reminds me of a Classic extension called Radiation. Allowed you to create standard dialog boxes on any computer on the network. The default was great: "The radiation shield on your Macintosh has failed. Please step back 5 feet."



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Re: Practical joke
Authored by: NeutronMonk on Mar 02, '04 08:29:53AM
I've had fun with this I've hacked this to replace the picture of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog with my own ( far scarier/funnier, depending on your point of view :) ) and my own innane audio. Read the "review" here

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