text2speech.py

#!/urs/bin/env python
import pyttsx
import argparse
import time
import sys 
engine = pyttsx.init()
def onEnd(name, completed):
   sys.exit(0)
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='text to speech')
parser.add_argument('text')
args = parser.parse_args()
engine = pyttsx.init()
engine.connect('finished-utterance', onEnd)
engine.say(args.text)
engine.runAndWait()