I tried that program several years ago and it's not too bad, though I already have a clock, so don't need to pay extra money just to have one in my computer. Still, the price is decent and I like the option of creating your own voices. I found a wonderful DOS grand father slash cuckoo slash alarm clock for free at Jim Kitchen's site, along with some other really cool programs, not to mention all the great games he's written for both DOS and Windows.
http://kitchensinc.jgriffith.com/dosgames/dosgames.htm The file name is dosgfc3.zip and it's only 236k, so if you're on a high speed connection and don't have your browser set to make a noise when you've downloaded a file, you may not even realise when it's finished. I couldn't get it to work under XP but it might work under Windows 9x, and of course, it works fine in an actual DOS machine. This is a tsr, so you can do other things while it's running and it will sound at the appropriate time. Enjoy, Eleni On 8/3/10, Matt <[email protected]> wrote: > heheheh, that was something I had to get used too on klango. It announced > the time and coocooed every hour. It really highlighted my wife's annoyance > of my being on the computer so much as I kept going... Have I really been on > here for 3 hours? aaah! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: chris hallsworth > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 5:08 AM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] A fantastic talking clock! > > > Hello all, > Are you fed up of remembering to check the time on your computer? Fear > no more! > I am trialling a program called Steve's Talking Clock. It's a very small > program. It sits in your system tray. Once installed all you do is > configure to your personal taste, click a button, and it will just sit > their announcing the time at regular intervals. On my setup I have set > it so the voice it comes with speaks the time every 15 minutes. > I am thinking of buying the program myself as it's only £8 in UK > currency. So quite cheap for a program that comes with an awesome voice > and awesome sounds. You can also download other voices, and even create > your own! > So if you want to check it out, you can download and install it from > http://clock.steve-audio.net. Without a license it will run as a fully > functional 15 day trial. > Enjoy! > -- > > Signed by Chris Hallsworth > E-mail and Facebook: [email protected] > MSN: [email protected] > Skype: chrishallsworth7266 > Twitter: http://twitter.com/christopherh40 > Klango: chrishallsworth > If you have any computer problems or queries, please do not hesitate to > contact me on the above channels. Many thanks. > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
