readme-features.txt

Church Bells Tower is a features rich application. The following is a summary of the available features.

* strike quarter-hours

* strike on the hour once... or the number of hours

* toll distinctively every six hours [early morning, at noon, in the evening and at midnight]

* options to automatically limit chimes if music is playing in the background or if videos play in full-screen

* easy to configure intervals to chime or to keep silent

* option to display time when it chimes/strikes/toll

* tick/tock background sound

* highly customizable analog clock desktop widget

* customizable OSD that can display the date and time

* display a random Bible verse in English, French, Spanish, or in other languages, at a user-defined frequency (e.g., every three hours)

* options to set an alarm or a timer with customizable message reminder and sound

* stopwatch - an effective panel that can help users track their activities

* option to regularly play semantron drumming sounds on days of feast in Christianity

* highly customizable OSD, with option to have the colors change based on the sun and moon positions on the sky

* dedicated panel for astronomy

* - sun and moon positions on the sky

* - sun rises and sets, moon phases, moon rises and sets

* - equinoxes and solstices

* - tables and graphs for sunlight and moonlight lengths through-out the year and other details

* - over 40000 searchable predefined locations

* - user-definable custom geographic location and ability to auto-detect device location

* - and much more

* option to announce / observe Christian feast days or other celebrations

* - the app automatically calculates the date for Easter and related celebrations based on the religion selected: Orthodox or Catholic

* - secular list of celebrations

* - users can easily add yearly reminders for personal events or celebrations