1AUDIAL(1)                   General Commands Manual                  AUDIAL(1)
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NAME

6       audial  -  generate  or  recognize touch tones for North American tele‐
7       phones
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SYNOPSIS

10       audial [-audio  servername]  [-volume  0-100]  [-spacing  milliseconds]
11       [-pause milliseconds] [-duration milliseconds] dialstring
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13       audial -recognize [-microphone] [-gain 0-100] [-time seconds]
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DESCRIPTION

16       The  audial  program generates touch tones suitable for dialing a North
17       American telephone.  audial can also recognize touch tones and  produce
18       the corresponding string.
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GENERAL OPTIONS

21       The following options may be used in either dial or recognition mode:
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23       -audio servername
24               This  option specifies the Network Audio System server on which
25               the files should be played.
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DIAL OPTIONS

28       The following options may be used in dial mode:
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30       -volume 0-100
31               This option specifies the volume at which the  data  should  be
32               played  as  a  percentage  of the maximum possible volume.  The
33               default is 100 percent.
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35       -spacing milliseconds
36               This option specifies the number of  milliseconds  to  wait  in
37               between each digit.  The default is 100.
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39       -pause milliseconds
40               This  option specifies the number of milliseconds to wait when‐
41               ever a comma (,) is used in a dial string.  The default is 400.
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43       -duration milliseconds
44               This option specifies the duration of each  tone  in  millisec‐
45               onds.  The default is 100.
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DIALING STRING

48       The following characters may be used in a dialing string:
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50       0123456789*#
51               The corresponding touch tone is generated.
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53       abcd    Tones  representing the 4 "function" keys often found on a key‐
54               pad are generated.
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56       ,       A blank tone whose length is specified by the -pause option  is
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59       Any other characters are ignored.
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RECOGNITION OPTIONS

62       -recognize
63               Enables  recognition  mode.   audial  will attempt to recognize
64               touch tones from the input device and output the  corresponding
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67       -microphone
68               Use  microphone  gain  levels  on the audio input device.  If a
69               microphone is plugged into the audio input  jack,  this  option
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72       -gain 0-100
73               This option specifies the input gain level.  The default is 95.
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75       -time seconds
76               This option specifies how long to attempt the recognition.  The
77               default is forever.
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

80       The following environment variables are used by audial:
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82       AUDIOSERVER
83               This specifies the name of default audio server to  contact  if
84               no name is explicitly given on the command line.
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86       DISPLAY This  specifies  the  name  of  an X Window System display that
87               should be assumed to also have a  corresponding  Network  Audio
88               System server.
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SEE ALSO

91       nas(1)
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94       Copyright 1993, 1994 Network Computing Devices, Inc.
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AUTHORS

97       Greg Renda, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
98       Kevin Martin, Network Computing Devices, Inc.
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