I have previously used the macos say command for stuff I have to wait for, that I don’t bother watching while I wait, that I want to come back to. Like waiting for when I’m online again.
alias waitforinternet='while true; do ping -c 1 -t 2 nrk.no && say "gotz internet" && date && break; sleep 2; done'
Or If I want to know if a command failed
build || say "ohnoes"
Until I ran man say I had no idea the command could do all this stuff;
- speak a file with
-f - adjust the voice with
-v - adjust the rate with
-r - write the synthesized audio to a file with
-o - redirect the spoken audio over the network with
-n - show progress with
--progress
You can list the available voices with say -v '?'
say -v '?' | head -n 4
Albert en_US # I have a frog in my throat. No, I mean a real frog!
Alice it_IT # Salve, mi chiamo Alice e sono una voce italiana.
Alva sv_SE # Hej, jag heter Alva. Jag är en svensk röst.
Amélie fr_CA # Bonjour, je m'appelle Amélie. Ma voix est en français canadien.
...
Here’s a bunch of examples
say -v 'alva' hej jag er svensk
say -v 'alva' -r 1.5 hej jag er svensk
say -v 'Samantha' -r 225 hello i\'m Samantha
say -v 'Shelley' -r 225 hello i\'m Samantha
say -v 'Shelley' -r 225 hello i\'m Shelley
say -v 'Sandy' -r 225 hello i\'m Shelley
say -v 'Rocko' -r 225 hello i\'m Shelley
say -v 'Superstar' -r 225 hello i\'m Shelley
say -v 'Organ' -r 225 hello i\'m Shelley
say -v 'Kathy' -r 225 hello i\'m Shelley
say -v 'Karen' -r 225 hello i\'m Karen
say -v 'Jester' -r 225 hello i\'m Karen
say -v 'Grandma' -r 225 hello i\'m Karen
say -v 'Good News' -r 225 hello i\'m Karen
say -v 'Good News' -r 225 hello i\'m Karen
say -v 'Wobble' -r 225 hello i\'m Karen
say -v 'Chellos' -r 225 hello i\'m Karen
say -v 'Bad news' -r 225 hello i\'m Karen
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