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== Making custom announcements ==

== Making custom announcements ==

Steve Rodgers has a PDF document on producing a file in the format required for any custom announcement in AllStar. [https://www.audacityteam.org/ Audacity] can be used to convert almost any sound file into the proper format.

Steve Rodgers has a PDF document on producing a file in the format required for any custom announcement in AllStar.  

 

[https://www.audacityteam.org/ Audacity] can be used to convert almost any sound file into the proper format.

[[File:RecordingSoundFiles.pdf]]

[[File:RecordingSoundFiles.pdf]]

* under 100k in size

* under 100k in size

The file should be named $nodeNumber.ulaw and placed in /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/rpt/nodenames   

The file should be named ''$nodeNumber.ulaw'' and placed in /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/rpt/nodenames   

 

This will add it to that local node.  Should you want it to be used across all nodes, see the next section.

This will add it to that local node.  Should you want it to be used across all nodes, see the next section.

The following applies to network announcements:  

The following applies to network announcements:  

A networks announcement may consist of a reading of the node number, callsign, location or other short identification of the node.  This should be inoffensive benign language; suitable for any audience.  The ASL admin team will remove and ban users caught abusing this service.

<blockquote>A networks announcement may consist of a reading of the node number, callsign, location or other short identification of the node.  This should be inoffensive benign language; suitable for any audience.  The ASL admin team will remove and ban users caught abusing this service.</blockquote>Once you have the announcement working locally, please email it to [http://mailto:helpdesk@allstarlink.org helpdesk@allstarlink.org].  

 

Once you have the announcement working locally, please email it to [http://mailto:helpdesk@allstarlink.org helpdesk@allstarlink.org].  

Our admin team will test it and then add it to the repository.  Nodes will begin updating it, but it can take up to 24 hours for some nodes to update.

Our admin team will test it and then add it to the repository.  Nodes will begin updating it, but it can take up to 24 hours for some nodes to update.