Actions: 
 utils.getNewId(string varname)

 utils.playCountRight(int cnt [, string basedir])
    play count for laguages that have single digits after the 10s (like english)
    * Throws "file" exeption with #path if file can not be opened
    * sets $errno (arg)

 utils.playCountLeft(int cnt [, string basedir])
    play count for laguages that have single digits befire the 10s (like german)  
    * Throws "file" exeption with #path if file can not be opened
    * sets $errno (arg)

 utils.spell(string word[, string basedir])
  plays each character in the word (e.g. utils.spell(321,wav/digits/) plays
    wav/digits/3.wav, wav/digits/2.wav, wav/digits/1.wav 
  (like SayDigits from *)
  * Throws "file" exeption with #path if file can not be opened

 utils.rand(string varname [, int modulo])
  generates random number: $varname=rand()%modulo or $varname = rand()

 utils.srand() 
  seed the RNG with time().

 utils.add($var, val)
   add val (float value) to var. also 
   utils.add($var1, $val); utils.add($var, #param)

 utils.sub($var, val)
   subtract val from var

 utils.int($var, val)
   get integer part of val into var

 utils.splitStringCR($var [, $dstvar])
 utils.splitStringCR(val, $dstvar])
   split a string on newline (carriage return, \n) 
   into an array ($var[0]..$var[n])

   example: 
    sys.popen($myresult="/bin/ls wav/*");    
    utils.splitStringCR($myresult);
