Event reporting system with conversion of light indications into voiced signals

A security system event annunciator comprising:

• a speaker;
• a sensing circuit coupled to an indicator light of a security system to generate a first signal with first and second states, each state of the first signal corresponding to a different state of the indicator light;
• a processor under control of program code, the processor being coupled to the speaker and to the sensing circuit to
• delimit sequences of the first and second states of the first signal,
• select speech synthesis segments based on attributes of the delimited sequences, and
• cause the speaker to generate speech announcements corresponding to the attributes of the delimited sequences.

A method of converting event indications generated by an indicator light of a security system into speech announcements, the method comprising:

• sensing states of the indicator light;
• generating a first signal with a plurality of states, current state of the first signal being responsive to the states of the indicator light;
• delimiting sequences of the states of the first signal;
• determining attributes of the delimited sequences;
• comparing attributes of each delimited sequence to sets of stored attributes to match attributes of said each delimited sequence to one of the sets of stored attributes;
• retrieving speech synthesis segment data corresponding to said one of the sets;
• and
• using the speech synthesis segment data to generate an audible speech announcement.