
Virtual Weather Station User's Guide
-86- 03/07/06
http://www.ambientweather.com/ExtDesc.asp?id=113
9.2 WeatherVoice (Internet Version of Virtual
Weather Station)
Menu Shortcut: Settings uu WeatherVoice
Turn any PC into a Weather Report Telephone Call Center
with Ambient’s WeatherVoice add-on.
Anyone can keep up to date on your local weather,
anywhere. Advertise your services, keep a watchful eye on
your home, cabin or business, indoors and out, with a
simple phone line and voice modem.
Ambient makes this possible with Virtual Weather
Station’s Voice Generation System. For more information,
visit
http://www.ambientweather.com/Ext Desc.asp?id=542
Virtual Weather Station’s WeatherVoice is a text to speech
converter. WeatherVoice is compatible with most text -to-
speech voices.
These text files can be automatically updated, inserting
real-time weather conditions from your weather station, or
even forecasts and warnings from the National Weather
Service.
With WeatherVoice, you can:
ü Use Virtual Weather Station’s File Tags to insert
live weather conditions from your weather station
or your local METAR station into your outgoing
answering message
ü Download from the Internet and insert any text
file into the outgoing answering message to
provide weather forecasts and warnings
ü Use spoken audio files as background sounds on
your website
ü Combine with a third party PC Auto Call Center
to provide a complete PC-based phone answering
system. Keep up to date on your local weather,
advertise your service, and stay connected to the
weather!
9.2.1 What you Need to Get Started
You need the following to create a sophisticated Weather
Reporting Call Center:
ü A personal weather station, or Internet
connection to over 7,000 METAR weather
stations around the world
ü Ambient’s Virtual Weather Station Base, Pro or
Internet Edition
ü Ambient’s WeatherVoice Add-on
ü A Voice Modem. Most modems provide
Voice/Data/Fax
ü A third p arty Call Center Software. We
recommend Advanced Call Center:
http://www.voicecallcentral.com/advancedcallcen
ter.htm
9.2.2 WeatherVoice General Description
WeatherVoice converts text files with “tags” into actual
weather data, and then converts these files into wav files,
which can be played back on your computer or voice
modem. “File Tags” can also be inserted into the text file.
An example text file is as follows:
Text File Converted File
Thank you for calling Ambient, your Weather
Superstore. The current temperature is
^vxv007^ degrees. The high today was
^vhi007^ and the low today was ^vlo007^ The
current wind speed is ^vxv003^ miles per
hour.
The current temperature at Los Angeles
Airport is ^mtr004KLAX^ degrees.
The forecast for the greater
Los Angeles area is as follows:
^c:\vws\data\forecast.txt^
Thank you for calling Ambient, your Weather Superstore. The current
temperature is 74 degrees. The high today was 74 and the low today
was 53. The current wind speed is 12 miles per hour.
The current temperature at Los Angeles Airport is 72 degrees.
The forecast for the greater Los Angeles area
is as follows:
TODAY...LOW CLOUDS AND FOG THROUGH MID
MORNING...OTHERWISE
MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE 80S TO LOWER 90S.
.TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...AREAS OF LATE NIGHT
THROUGH MID MORNING LOW
CLOUDS AND FOG...OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN
THE MID 50S TO MID
60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO MID 90S.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR.
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