gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/bash
# Narrate — stream text-to-speech with playback controls
# Usage:
#   narrate <file>           Read a file aloud
#   narrate "some text"      Read text aloud
#   narrate pause            Toggle play/pause
#   narrate fwd              Skip forward 30s
#   narrate back             Skip back 15s
#   narrate stop             Stop playback
#   cat file | narrate       Read piped text

SOCKET=/tmp/mpv-narrate

send_ipc() {
  python3 -c "
import socket, sys
try:
    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    s.connect('$SOCKET')
    s.send(b'$1\n')
    s.close()
except: pass
"
}

case "${1:-}" in
  pause) send_ipc '{"command":["cycle","pause"]}'; exit ;;
  fwd)   send_ipc '{"command":["seek","30"]}'; exit ;;
  back)  send_ipc '{"command":["seek","-15"]}'; exit ;;
  stop)  send_ipc '{"command":["quit"]}'; exit ;;
esac

# Kill any existing narration
[ -S "$SOCKET" ] && send_ipc '{"command":["quit"]}' && sleep 0.3

# Determine input
TMPFILE=/tmp/narrate-text.txt
if [ -t 0 ] && [ -n "$1" ]; then
  if [ -f "$1" ]; then
    [ "$(realpath "$1")" != "$(realpath "$TMPFILE")" ] && cp "$1" "$TMPFILE"
  else
    echo "$*" > "$TMPFILE"
  fi
else
  cat > "$TMPFILE"
fi

# Detect language — if mostly Portuguese characters/words, use PT voice
VOICE="en-US-AndrewMultilingualNeural"
if grep -qiP 'ção|ões|não|também|então|através|é|ê|ã|õ' "$TMPFILE" 2>/dev/null; then
  VOICE="pt-BR-AntonioNeural"
fi

echo "▶ Narrating ($(wc -w < "$TMPFILE" | tr -d ' ') words, voice: $VOICE)"
echo "  Controls: narrate pause | fwd | back | stop"

edge-tts -f "$TMPFILE" --voice "$VOICE" --write-media /dev/stdout 2>/dev/null \
  | mpv --no-video --no-terminal --input-ipc-server="$SOCKET" - 2>/dev/null &