Paul, I am not sure what our speaking clock in Ireland costs it's on 1191. It used to be 191 and charged at local call rates, however, I'm not sure what the rate is now.
It used to be in an almost received pronouciation female voice with a slightly irish accent however, it's now in eircom's trademarked standard male voice that they use for all announcements.
The format's different from the UK one (and always has)
Just at the signal it will be 11:10 and 10 seconds "beep"
At the signal, it will be 11:10 and 20 seconds "beep"
At the signal, it will be "eleven zero and zero seconds "beep"."
It does the time in 24 hour clock format only.
We used to have WeatherDial service from the met office on a similar short code for the price of a local call.
You dialled 192 or something, I can't remember the codes. They're in the old phone books though.
You'd get "The following is the forecast for the next 36 hours in the "insert provence" area: then a recorded forecast from the Met service.
Now, you have to dial a premium rate number for similar service..
Last edited by djk; 04/19/07 05:28 AM.
