====== Festival ====== - sudo apt-get install festival speech-tools aumix (if using Hardy, festvox-rablpc16k is needed too) - .festivalrc:;use ALSA (Parameter.set 'Audio_Method 'Audio_Command) (Parameter.set 'Audio_Command "aplay -q -c 1 -t raw -f s16 -r $SR $FILE") - aumix -v 100 (set volume to max) - echo "I locked myself out downstairs " | festival --tts Other useful commands: Read every line you enter until ctrl+c: while read x; do echo $x |festival --tts; done