[Remind-Fans] Ways to use Remind

[Dianne Skoll]

On Sun, 9 Oct 2022 00:04:06 -0400
Dianne Skoll via Remind-fans <remind-fans at lists.skoll.ca> wrote:

> I pretty much just use TkRemind.  However, I do have a script that
> pulls down two Google calendars (personal and work) and converts them
> to Remind format.  That script runs from cron every half hour; that
> way, things I add to my calendar on my phone wind up in Remind.

Actually, I forgot about one cool thing... I have TkRemind set up to
run the command "/home/dfs/bin/notify-reminder.pl" every time it pops
up a reminder.  This script sends a message of the form:

   Type=Reminder; Body=<the_reminder_body>

to an internal IRC server in my house.  Then I have a Raspberry Pi in my
living room that has an IRC bot that reacts to these messages and reads
out my reminder aloud using "pico2wave" as the text-to-speach converter.

I was reminded (so to speak) of this as I was sitting in my living
room and my Raspberry Pi said: "Reminder: In 15 minutes: Coffee with
Rose"

I'd make the scripts public except they are kind of hacky and very
specific to my home network, so probably not of much use to others.

Regards,

Dianne.