[CAP] CAP Based Alert System : TACAPASS - An Automated Tsunami and NOAA Text2Speech Alerts SW Package

[Art Botterell]

Curt -

That's very cool.  I'll be taking a closer look tomorrow, as this  
might have some immediate applications in several different areas.

- Art


On Aug 30, 2005, at 8/30/05 5:22 PM, Curt Jutzi wrote:

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> Description on the web page is as follows :
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> The TACAPASS system is an automated SW stack, written in both Java
> and \bin\bash shell scripts which currently run on a RedHat 9.0
> Linux IRLP (Internet Radio Linking Project - www.irlp.net ) node.
> Its purpose is to automatically broadcast Tsunami and Weather alerts
> from NOAA as they occur for a given region within the United
> States.
>
> This application is directed at Amateur Radio Operators in the
> United States of America who are operating an IRLP node.
> TACAPASS leverages the CAP (Common Alerting Protocol) XML based
> format which can be found at incedent.com. It acquires these "cap"
> files from the NOAA website, parses the CAP XML file and presents it
> to a few automated scripts that run on the base IRLP node platform.
> When relevent information is retrieved, the system pushes the
> modified description to a text2speech solution called flite provided
> by Carnegie Mellon University.
>
> The runtime and description is available at the following URL:
>
> <http://www.qsl.net/kk7vn/TACAPASS/index.htm>
>
> Curt Jutzi
> kk7vn
>
>
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