[labnetwork] Intercom / Paging System
Todd Merport
merport at gmail.com
Fri Jul 5 13:17:16 EDT 2013
A voice synthesizer is a useful tool for a lab. Messages entered on a web
page can be passed through a synthesizer into the PA system (leaving out
intermediate steps). It also allows automated messages to be broadcast.
Take a look at the open source synthesizer, espeak.
http://espeak.sourceforge.net/
Todd Merport
On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Ryan Taylor <ryant at nanofab.utah.edu> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm looking for suggestions for an intercom or paging system for use in
> our cleanroom. Does anybody here have any experience with specific
> vendors/products that you would recommend or that you would suggest
> avoiding? I'm sure the use cases are pretty obvious and universal, but
> these are the scenarios that I'm trying to address:
>
> Possible Use Cases:
> 1. I am a PI working from my office. I want to contact a researcher (Jane
> Doe) in the cleanroom. I pick up my phone, dial 555-555-5555 and receive a
> prompt telling me that my voice is now being broadcast through out the
> cleanroom. I say "Jane Doe, please call me back at ...." and wait to
> receive a call.
>
> or 2. I go to http://www.nanofab.utah.edu/**pager<http://www.nanofab.utah.edu/pager>(for example). I am presented with a form that allows me to enter a short
> message. The message is then displayed on an LED scrolling sign in the lab
> for several minutes to an hour.
>
> Thanks for sharing your ideas and experiences!
>
> Ryan
>
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> ---------
> Ryan Taylor
> Software Systems Development Engineer
> University of Utah Nanofab
> www.nanofab.utah.edu
> Phone: (801) 587-0671
> Email: ryant at nanofab.utah.edu
>
>
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