3.1 KiB
say.sh
This script enables any debian based GNU/Linux distribution to talk! Based on Google's text to speach Android application, it gives you a few commands to ease your TTS experience on Linux.
Setup
Prerequisites
Before installing the script, you will need to install a few dependencies:
- libttspico-utils
- sox
- zenity
- xsel
To install all of them at once type the following command:
sudo apt-get install libttspico-utils sox zenity xsel
Warning: As libttspico-utils is a non-free package, it may not be available in your default packqge repositories.
Install
To start installing the script simply type:
./say.sh install
This will go through a few operations required for it to work properly:
- creating a /home/user/bin/say directory
- copying the scripts to newly created directory
- creating and setting config file within newly created directory
- adding an instruction to /gome/user/.bashrc file
- reloading .bashrc file
Configuration
During setup a default configuration will be set. You still can change it using the saycfg command. This command takes 3 arguments: language, volume and speed.
Example:
This command sets language to US English, volume to 1.2 and speed to 0.8
saycfg en-US 1.2 0.8
The script supports over to 6 different languages. Volume variates from 0 to 2 and speed from 0.5 to 1.5.
Available languages
en-GB British English
en-US US English
fr-FR French
de-DE Deutsch
es-ES Spanish
it-IT Italiam
Keyboard shortcut
A keyboard shortcut can be set to use TTS functionnalities puside terminal. Simply set a new keyboard shortcut with the following command:
./bin/say/say.sh say
This keyboard shortcut will start reading any text selected with your mouse. To stop reading, press the keyboard shortcut again.
Commands
The following commands are available in command line
say
Start text interpretation and reading.
Basic usage
say Hello World!
Live changing language
If default configuration language doesn't fit with given text, you can overwrite it in command call.
say it-IT Buongiorno a tutti!
Using standard input
echo "Salut tout le monde!" | say
Even using standard input, language can still be overwritten:
echo "I love this app!" | say en-GB
saygui
Provides a GUI window that allows you to manage TTS with your mouse
saygui
You can choose to open a specific window by using an option
saygui lng
Available options are:
- say
- lng
- vol
- spd
saycfg
Set full configuration
saycfg es-ES 1 1
-d option can be set instead of language to reset system default language
saycfg -d 2 1.5
saylng
Sets current language in configuration
saylng de-DE
-d option can be set instead of language to reset system default language
saylng -d
sayvol
Sets current volume in configuration. Volume can be set from 0 up tu 2
sayvol 2
sayspd
Sets current speed in configuration. Speed can be set from 0.5 to 1.5
sayspd 1.2