GRE Word Call

gre-voice.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Script to speak out GRE words, turn it on and sleep ;)
# Get wordlist from http://pastebin.com/JLQs9MT2

#espeakcmd="espeak -g 1 -s 170 -a 150 -p 10 -v english-us"
espeakcmd="festival --tts"
shuf GREwordlist.txt | while read line
do
    word=`echo $line | cut -f 1 -d " " -`
    meaning=`echo $line | cut -f 2- -d " " -`
    echo "word = $word" | `$espeakcmd`

    cnt=${#word}
    ww=""
    for ((i=0; i < cnt; i++))
    do
        ww="$ww${word:$i:1}"" "
        #echo ${word:$i:1} | `$espeakcmd`
    done
    echo $ww | `$espeakcmd`
    sleep 1
    echo "= "$ww | `$espeakcmd`

    sleep 1
    echo "meaning = $meaning" | `$espeakcmd`
    sleep 3
done