text_to_voice.sh

text_to_voice.sh

#!/bin/bash

## this script is based on:
## https://elinux.org/RPi_Text_to_Speech_(Speech_Synthesis)

say() { local IFS=+;/usr/bin/mplayer -ao alsa -really-quiet -noconsolecontrols "http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?ie=UTF-8&client=tw-ob&q=$1&tl=en"; }

recorded=("Step One. go to the box in the corner",
"Step Two. input a template name")

recorded_length=${#recorded[@]}

if [ $1 == "recorded" ]
then
    spot=0
    while [ $spot -lt $recorded_length ]
    do
        echo "${recorded[$spot]}"
        read nothing
        say "${recorded[$spot]}"
        ((spot++))
    done
fi 

echo "Input text to be converted to speech, followed by [ENTER]"
while true
do
    read input_text
    say "$input_text"
done

## to exit, use key combo: [ctrl + x ][ ctrl + c ]