[Asterisk-cvs] asterisk/contrib README.festival,1.2,1.3

[markster at lists.digium.com]

Update of /usr/cvsroot/asterisk/contrib
In directory mongoose.digium.com:/tmp/cvs-serv13442/contrib

Modified Files:
	README.festival 
Log Message:
Documentation fixes (bug #1439)


Index: README.festival
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RCS file: /usr/cvsroot/asterisk/contrib/README.festival,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -d -r1.2 -r1.3
--- README.festival	8 Jan 2003 19:45:43 -0000	1.2
+++ README.festival	20 Apr 2004 23:31:13 -0000	1.3
@@ -11,10 +11,18 @@
 1.4.2 RELEASE are included. The patch adds a new command to festival 
 (asterisk_tts). 
 
-2) My patches to asterisk that provide variable substitution and quoting to 
-the Asterisk Extension Logic. This is not really a requirement, but without
-this, app_festival is mostly useless (you could very well use prerecorded
-voices for static information). 
+
+2) You may wish to obtain and install the asterisk-perl
+module by James Golovich <james at gnuinter.net>, from 
+either CPAN, or his site: http://asterisk.gnuinter.net,
+as this contains a good example of how variable text
+can be tts'd via asterisk, namely the examples/tts-*.agi
+files there. It has been noted that the current expression
+evaluation capabilities of asterisk are not best suited
+for the generation and manipulation of text. AGI scripting
+can be ideal for these sorts of needs. For simpler usage,
+fixed, pre-recorded messages may be more amenable for your
+purposes.
 
 3) Before running asterisk, you have to run festival-server with a command 
 like :