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Digital speech in Ubuntu 10 10 maverick

Digital speech in Ubuntu 10 10 maverick

You can make your ubuntu terminal speak to to using spd
Open up a terminal window and type this command:
$ spd-say test
Your computer will then say �test�.
If you  want to make your computer speak in complete sentences as below.
$ spd-say � hello how do you do ?" 

You can even feed system variables into the spd-say command. For instance, to get spd-say to speak your current working directory:
$ spd-say $PWD

man spd-say for more details