/* HOURLY TALKING CLOCK AREXX SCRIPT v1.0 
** TO MAKE IT ANNOUNCE MINUTES, UNCOMMENT LINE 14 WHILE COMMENTING OUT LINE 15
** Heavily modified by Gene Heskett for minutes functions, a bad hack! */

LF= '0a'x

thetime = time(c)
parse var thetime hour':'minute
apm = right(minute,2)
minute = left(minute,2)
minute2 = left(minute,1)
minute1 = right(minute,1)
if apm = 'AM' then apm = ' aye M'
if apm = 'PM' then apm = ' pee M'
if hour = '1' then hour = 'won'
if hour = '2' then hour = 'two'
if hour = '3' then hour = 'three'
if hour = '4' then hour = 'phor'
if hour = '5' then hour = 'five'
if hour = '6' then hour = 'six'
if hour = '7' then hour = 'seven'
if hour = '8' then hour = 'ate '
if hour = '9' then hour = 'nine'
if hour = '10' then hour = 'ten'
if hour = '11' then hour = 'elaven'
if hour = '12' then hour = 'twelve'
/* first, a special case for all balls */
if minute = '00' then do
   minute2 = ''
   minute1 = ''
end
/* not all balls, are we in the 'teens'? */
else do
   if minute2 = '1' then do
      if minute1 = '0' then minute2 = ' ten '
      if minute1 = '1' then minute2 = ' elaven '
      if minute1 = '2' then minute2 = ' twelve '
      if minute1 = '3' then minute2 = ' thirt teen '
      if minute1 = '4' then minute2 = ' phour teen '
      if minute1 = '5' then minute2 = ' fif teen '
      if minute1 = '6' then minute2 = ' sixt teen '
      if minute1 = '7' then minute2 = ' seven teen '
      if minute1 = '8' then minute2 = ' ate teen '
      if minute1 = '9' then minute2 = ' nine teen '
      minute1 = ''
   end
/* not teens, handle 0-2,3,4,5 in minute2 (tens) */
   else do
      if minute2 = '2' then minute2 = ' twentee '
      if minute2 = '3' then minute2 = ' thirtee '
      if minute2 = '4' then minute2 = ' phourtee '
      if minute2 = '5' then minute2 = ' fiftee '
      if minute2 = '0' then minute2 = ' oh '
/* now do remaining single minutes */
      if minute1 = '0' then minute1 = ''
      if minute1 = '1' then minute1 = ' won '
      if minute1 = '2' then minute1 = ' two '
      if minute1 = '3' then minute1 = ' three '
      if minute1 = '4' then minute1 = ' phour '
      if minute1 = '5' then minute1 = ' five '
      if minute1 = '6' then minute1 = ' six '
      if minute1 = '7' then minute1 = ' seven '
      if minute1 = '8' then minute1 = ' ate '
      if minute1 = '9' then minute1 = ' nine '
   end
end
address command 'echo >speak: "it is "' hour minute2 minute1 apm