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28 lines
650 B
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#!/usr/bin/perl
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# gsay - Text to Speech using Google
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# Usage: gsay <message>
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#
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# --Kirsle
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# http://sh.kirsle.net/
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use strict;
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use warnings;
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use URI::Escape;
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if (scalar(@ARGV) == 0 || $ARGV[0] =~ /^-/) {
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die "Usage: $0 <message>\n";
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}
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my $message = uri_escape(join(" ", @ARGV));
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# Check for mplayer.
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chomp(my $mplayer = `which mplayer 2>/dev/null`);
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if ($? || !$mplayer) {
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die "Couldn't find `mplayer` - please install it!\n";
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}
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# Fork a background process to speak and exit immediately.
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exit if fork();
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exec("$mplayer -ao alsa -really-quiet -noconsolecontrols \"http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?tl=en&q=$message\" >/dev/null 2>&1");
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