Creating a login greeting
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:06 pm
hello everyone, after much searching around found out how to make a personal greeting every time you log in. The 2 programs you will need are espeak(included with mint) and pacpl which takes a second or two to get from package manager. I did this on linux mint 11 but with some small changes im sure would work on other versions.
from the terminal create your greeting in .wav format
next convert the .wav to .ogg
close the terminal, then press Alt+F2, paste in the following
enter your password
rename desktop-login.ogg to desktop-login-original.ogg
go to where filename.ogg was saved and cut and paste into
/usr/share/sounds/LinuxMint/stereo
rename it to desktop-login.ogg
log out then log in and hear your greeting.
A alternate way of making a .wav file is to go to
http://www2.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
easy to make a .wav file in your choice of male or female voice in a variety of languages.
If you are in a 2001 a space odyssey kind of mood go to
http://www.palantir.net/2001/sounds.html
and download some soundclips of HAL. "I feel much better now, I really do."
from the terminal create your greeting in .wav format
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espeak "your text here" -w filename.wavCode: Select all
pacpl --to ogg filename.wavCode: Select all
gksu nautilus /usr/share/sounds/LinuxMint/stereorename desktop-login.ogg to desktop-login-original.ogg
go to where filename.ogg was saved and cut and paste into
/usr/share/sounds/LinuxMint/stereo
rename it to desktop-login.ogg
log out then log in and hear your greeting.
A alternate way of making a .wav file is to go to
http://www2.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
easy to make a .wav file in your choice of male or female voice in a variety of languages.
If you are in a 2001 a space odyssey kind of mood go to
http://www.palantir.net/2001/sounds.html
and download some soundclips of HAL. "I feel much better now, I really do."