I've never used it, but friends of mine have had problems with Echostation hanging and having other Microsoft-type problems.
Before you go making time and money investments into PC hardware please look at digital-voice-capable repeater controllers. There are several manufacturers that make digital-voice-capable repeater controllers - i.e. units that can play a "digital tape recording" in addition to messages assembled from the existing digital vocabulary. I'm more familiar with the Scom series of controllers, and in fact have a 5K, a 7K and a 7330 on line. The 7K has a darned good audio board (the Vyex DAB), but it does not have a DVR. The version 1.3 firmware for the 7330 (new as of September 4) supports the DVR hardware that can store up to 9.9 minutes of digital recordings. Plus it has it's own male voice (which sounds surprisingly good) and a large built-in vocabulary that does not take away from the 9.9 minutes. Mike WA6ILQ At 08:59 PM 10/04/09, you wrote: >Thanks to all of you who responded. I knew there had to be >something out there. > >This actually addressed another question I had earlier. I had >wondered if there was any software that could act as a repeater >controller. Seems as though this will act as a full-featured >controller as well. > >Again, thanks! > > >RR >--- In [email protected], David Struebel <wb2...@...> wrote: > > > > Echostation? > > > > Dave WB2FTX > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: ki4zji > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 4:19 PM > > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Announcements from a PC... > > > > > > Does anyone know of any software that would allow scheduled > announcements (either recorded voice or synthesized) through a > soundcard interface and remote radio? > > > > Thanks, > > Randy
