Female robot voice that speaks text. Can be used as a tack-on after a long running command to tell you that it has finished. Uses espeak and sox/play. Allows setting volume and repeat value.

fembot

#!/bin/sh

slp=0s
rep=0
vol=1
text='Type something Here for me to say.'

while getopts 'w:r:v:t:' OPTION
	do
	  case $OPTION in
	  w)	slp="$OPTARG"
			;;
	  r)	rep="$OPTARG"
			;;
	  v)	vol="$OPTARG"
			;;
	  t)	text="$OPTARG"
			;;
	  ?)	printf "Usage: %s: [-w wait <$slp>] [-r repeat <$rep>] [-v vol <$vol>] [-t text <$text>] \n" $(basename $0) 
			exit 2
			;;
	  esac
	done

sleep $slp
echo $text | espeak --stdout -s120 -k18 -a200 -v 'en+f5' --stdin | play -v $vol -t wav - \
chorus 0.4 0.8 20 0.5 0.10 2 -t \
echo 0.9 0.8 33 0.9 \
echo 0.7 0.7 10 0.2 \
echo 0.9 0.2 55 0.5 \
gain 20 \
repeat $rep