[Xastir] A challenge

[Jason KG4WSV]

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Keith Kaiser <wa0tjt at gmail.com> wrote:
> One of the rocket launching guys has written an application that narrates his rocket flights in real time. For a sample of what it sounds like go here;
>
>  http://www.vernk.com/PhotosOfAngelfire.htm
>
> What I'd like to do is have Xastir feed a script that will do the same thing to track an object, in my case a balloon flight.
>
> Anyone have any idea where I could start to make this happen?

I have a bit o' perl that connects to xastir's server port, calculates
the ascent rate, and says "balloon burst at XYZ feet" when it detects
the altitude start dropping.  It simply uses the mac OS "say" command
for text to speech.  I think festival has something similar for linux?

-Jason
kg4wsv