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Use SoX, and a Perl script to do simple keyword matching and create sound files played back upon receipt of e-mail. No more simple ding to indicate the arrival of an e-mail regardless of recipient, sender, or subject. You can now hear a ding-bang-whoosh signifying an e-mail from your manager, or a bell-squawk-chirp to let you know your bank statement is available. Local cached text. Audio example with glasses, sparcle, space2.Another example with glasses, laser, space3.

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