Speak Selection

sp

#!/bin/bash
PIDFILE=/tmp/.sp.pid
on_exit() {
	code="$?"
	echo "Killing $pid"
	kill -TERM "$pid"
	exit "$code"
}
[ -r "$PIDFILE" ] && pkill -TERM -F "$PIDFILE" 2> /dev/null || true
while pgrep -F "$PIDFILE" 2> /dev/null
do
	sleep .1
done
echo $$ > "$PIDFILE"
trap on_exit INT TERM
xclip -selection primary -o | tr '\n' ' ' | sed 's/\. \+/&\n/g;$a\\n' | {
	trap '[ -n "$pid" ] && kill $pid; exec <&-; exit' INT TERM
	while read -r SENTENCE
	do if [ -n "$SENTENCE" ]; then
		echo "$$: $SENTENCE" >&2
		espeak-ng --stdin -a80 -k20 -b1 -p50 <<<"$SENTENCE" & pid=$!
		wait
	fi; done
} & pid=$!
wait
rm -f "$PIDFILE"