Comments on: Speak to us, oh great and wise computer http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/speak-to-us-oh-great-and-wise-computer/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: eric http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/speak-to-us-oh-great-and-wise-computer/#comment-43053 Thu, 06 May 2010 18:13:06 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/speak-to-us-oh-great-and-wise-computer/#comment-43053 Thank you! Made my day ;-) (and given that it’s election day in the UK, I needed this…)

]]> By: Katie Tam http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/speak-to-us-oh-great-and-wise-computer/#comment-43011 Tue, 04 May 2010 04:59:38 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/speak-to-us-oh-great-and-wise-computer/#comment-43011 fortune | espeak .
‘tail -f -n 1 /var/log/messages | espeak’

How do i use both command?

]]> By: johnraff http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/speak-to-us-oh-great-and-wise-computer/#comment-42933 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:30:06 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/speak-to-us-oh-great-and-wise-computer/#comment-42933 Agreed that’s not easy to listen to. “The Raven”, or ‘fortune’ for that matter, might be pushing it a bit but espeak is very handy for getting some feedback from a script without having to keep your eyes glued to a terminal window.

This is fun too:
‘tail -f -n 1 /var/log/messages | espeak’
…for a short time. :)

]]> By: awhan http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/speak-to-us-oh-great-and-wise-computer/#comment-42918 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:30:29 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/speak-to-us-oh-great-and-wise-computer/#comment-42918 the pronunciation is not very clear … i mean i tried the sample over at this page http://espeak.sourceforge.net/samples.html but it was not clear at all

]]> By: Links 26/4/2010: Scientific Linux Reviewed; More Linux Tablets | Techrights http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/speak-to-us-oh-great-and-wise-computer/#comment-42887 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:24:25 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/speak-to-us-oh-great-and-wise-computer/#comment-42887 [...] Speak to us, oh great and wise computer [...]

]]> By: LeoSolaris http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/speak-to-us-oh-great-and-wise-computer/#comment-42884 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:31:03 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/speak-to-us-oh-great-and-wise-computer/#comment-42884 The Monty Python’s mod with a British accent from espeak is priceless!

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