Speech Server.

speechserver.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import html
from http.server import (HTTPServer, SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)
import subprocess
import urllib.parse

def speech_server(port=8080):

    class SpeechHandler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):

        def do_GET(self):
            words = urllib.parse.unquote_plus(self.path)[1:]
            if words in ('favicon.ico',):
                return
            print(words)
            self.wfile.write(html.escape(words).encode('UTF-8'))
            subprocess.call(['say', words])
            return

    server_address = ('', port)
    httpd = HTTPServer(server_address, SpeechHandler)
    print("serving at http://localhost:{}/".format(port))
    httpd.serve_forever()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    speech_server()