using say in ruby

say.rb

# after pasting the class in speaker.rb into irb, run the following,
# edit to your liking...

@speaker = Speaker.new

# other voices can be found at
# http://www.gabrielserafini.com/blog/2008/08/19/mac-os-x-voices-for-using-with-the-say-command/
@speaker.voice = 'Kathy'
@speaker.what  = %[what should i say here?]

@speaker.speak

speaker.rb

# in terminal (mac only), run irb, then paste below

class Speaker
  attr_accessor :what, :voice

  def speak
    %x[say -v #{voice} #{what}]
  end
end