Automatically end each command in terminal with a different message or sound

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I installed SVOX pico2wave and created a script.
Now when I enter:

speech "Hello world"

The computer text-to-voice engine says out loud "Hello world". Furthermore, I use in .bashrc the variable PROMPT_COMMAND defined as:

PROMPT_COMMAND="speech 'Command executed.'"

So the nice text-to-voice engine announces me loud that the command is executed, before returning the prompt in the terminal.

However, this gets boring after a while and I thought it would be really cool to end each command in terminal with the computer speaking a different line of text (think of the autopilot of Starship Enterprise).

So I created in .bashrc an array variable, with different messages:

array[0]="Shields at 90%"
array[1]="Engaging proton overdrive"
array[2]="Autopilot disengaged"
array[3]="Targetting solution available"
array[4]="Alert. Incoming missile."
array[5]="Deploying countermeasures."
array[6]="Firing torpedoes."
array[7]="Engaging auto-cannon."
array[8]="Severe damage on deck 17. Sealing off."
array[9]="Deploying repair droids to deck 17."

What I would like, is that each time I run a command in terminal, the variable PROMPT_COMMAND to be updated an read a different random line in the array.

I presume I need a loop, but I didn't know how to make it.

I would be most grateful for any help. Thank you.

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In the script in the linked answer, make sure you change the -l=de-DE to your local language like -l=en-US.
â€“Â Terrance
2 days ago

Thanks, indeed. This needs to be taken care of, but I had done it.
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

Yeah, that is just a comment in general. Pretty cool idea here! +1
â€“Â Terrance
2 days ago

Just curious - how can I install speech executable? Is it alias for espeak?
â€“Â N0rbert
2 days ago

1

"speech" is a script. I followed the instructions in the link. I made a script called speech.sh, including the corrections indicated above by Terrance". I saved speech.sh in my ~/scripts folder. I changed file permissions to speech.sh to make it executable. I created a folder as follows: ~/scripts/bin and followed the instructions from here stackoverflow.com/a/20054809, in order to add it to the PATH, so the script can be recognized as executable, no matter where I am.
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

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up vote
18
down vote

favorite

I installed SVOX pico2wave and created a script.
Now when I enter:

speech "Hello world"

The computer text-to-voice engine says out loud "Hello world". Furthermore, I use in .bashrc the variable PROMPT_COMMAND defined as:

PROMPT_COMMAND="speech 'Command executed.'"

So the nice text-to-voice engine announces me loud that the command is executed, before returning the prompt in the terminal.

So I created in .bashrc an array variable, with different messages:

array[0]="Shields at 90%"
array[1]="Engaging proton overdrive"
array[2]="Autopilot disengaged"
array[3]="Targetting solution available"
array[4]="Alert. Incoming missile."
array[5]="Deploying countermeasures."
array[6]="Firing torpedoes."
array[7]="Engaging auto-cannon."
array[8]="Severe damage on deck 17. Sealing off."
array[9]="Deploying repair droids to deck 17."

What I would like, is that each time I run a command in terminal, the variable PROMPT_COMMAND to be updated an read a different random line in the array.

I presume I need a loop, but I didn't know how to make it.

I would be most grateful for any help. Thank you.

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In the script in the linked answer, make sure you change the -l=de-DE to your local language like -l=en-US.
â€“Â Terrance
2 days ago

Thanks, indeed. This needs to be taken care of, but I had done it.
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

Yeah, that is just a comment in general. Pretty cool idea here! +1
â€“Â Terrance
2 days ago

Just curious - how can I install speech executable? Is it alias for espeak?
â€“Â N0rbert
2 days ago

1

"speech" is a script. I followed the instructions in the link. I made a script called speech.sh, including the corrections indicated above by Terrance". I saved speech.sh in my ~/scripts folder. I changed file permissions to speech.sh to make it executable. I created a folder as follows: ~/scripts/bin and followed the instructions from here stackoverflow.com/a/20054809, in order to add it to the PATH, so the script can be recognized as executable, no matter where I am.
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

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up vote
18
down vote

favorite

I installed SVOX pico2wave and created a script.
Now when I enter:

speech "Hello world"

The computer text-to-voice engine says out loud "Hello world". Furthermore, I use in .bashrc the variable PROMPT_COMMAND defined as:

PROMPT_COMMAND="speech 'Command executed.'"

So the nice text-to-voice engine announces me loud that the command is executed, before returning the prompt in the terminal.

So I created in .bashrc an array variable, with different messages:

array[0]="Shields at 90%"
array[1]="Engaging proton overdrive"
array[2]="Autopilot disengaged"
array[3]="Targetting solution available"
array[4]="Alert. Incoming missile."
array[5]="Deploying countermeasures."
array[6]="Firing torpedoes."
array[7]="Engaging auto-cannon."
array[8]="Severe damage on deck 17. Sealing off."
array[9]="Deploying repair droids to deck 17."

What I would like, is that each time I run a command in terminal, the variable PROMPT_COMMAND to be updated an read a different random line in the array.

I presume I need a loop, but I didn't know how to make it.

I would be most grateful for any help. Thank you.

edited 2 days ago

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I installed SVOX pico2wave and created a script.
Now when I enter:

speech "Hello world"

The computer text-to-voice engine says out loud "Hello world". Furthermore, I use in .bashrc the variable PROMPT_COMMAND defined as:

PROMPT_COMMAND="speech 'Command executed.'"

So the nice text-to-voice engine announces me loud that the command is executed, before returning the prompt in the terminal.

So I created in .bashrc an array variable, with different messages:

array[0]="Shields at 90%"
array[1]="Engaging proton overdrive"
array[2]="Autopilot disengaged"
array[3]="Targetting solution available"
array[4]="Alert. Incoming missile."
array[5]="Deploying countermeasures."
array[6]="Firing torpedoes."
array[7]="Engaging auto-cannon."
array[8]="Severe damage on deck 17. Sealing off."
array[9]="Deploying repair droids to deck 17."

What I would like, is that each time I run a command in terminal, the variable PROMPT_COMMAND to be updated an read a different random line in the array.

I presume I need a loop, but I didn't know how to make it.

I would be most grateful for any help. Thank you.

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In the script in the linked answer, make sure you change the -l=de-DE to your local language like -l=en-US.
â€“Â Terrance
2 days ago

Thanks, indeed. This needs to be taken care of, but I had done it.
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

Yeah, that is just a comment in general. Pretty cool idea here! +1
â€“Â Terrance
2 days ago

Just curious - how can I install speech executable? Is it alias for espeak?
â€“Â N0rbert
2 days ago

1

"speech" is a script. I followed the instructions in the link. I made a script called speech.sh, including the corrections indicated above by Terrance". I saved speech.sh in my ~/scripts folder. I changed file permissions to speech.sh to make it executable. I created a folder as follows: ~/scripts/bin and followed the instructions from here stackoverflow.com/a/20054809, in order to add it to the PATH, so the script can be recognized as executable, no matter where I am.
â€“Â RazTaz
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In the script in the linked answer, make sure you change the -l=de-DE to your local language like -l=en-US.
â€“Â Terrance
2 days ago

Thanks, indeed. This needs to be taken care of, but I had done it.
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

Yeah, that is just a comment in general. Pretty cool idea here! +1
â€“Â Terrance
2 days ago

Just curious - how can I install speech executable? Is it alias for espeak?
â€“Â N0rbert
2 days ago

1

"speech" is a script. I followed the instructions in the link. I made a script called speech.sh, including the corrections indicated above by Terrance". I saved speech.sh in my ~/scripts folder. I changed file permissions to speech.sh to make it executable. I created a folder as follows: ~/scripts/bin and followed the instructions from here stackoverflow.com/a/20054809, in order to add it to the PATH, so the script can be recognized as executable, no matter where I am.
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

In the script in the linked answer, make sure you change the -l=de-DE to your local language like -l=en-US.
â€“Â Terrance
2 days ago

Thanks, indeed. This needs to be taken care of, but I had done it.
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

Yeah, that is just a comment in general. Pretty cool idea here! +1
â€“Â Terrance
2 days ago

Just curious - how can I install speech executable? Is it alias for espeak?
â€“Â N0rbert
2 days ago

"speech" is a script. I followed the instructions in the link. I made a script called speech.sh, including the corrections indicated above by Terrance". I saved speech.sh in my ~/scripts folder. I changed file permissions to speech.sh to make it executable. I created a folder as follows: ~/scripts/bin and followed the instructions from here stackoverflow.com/a/20054809, in order to add it to the PATH, so the script can be recognized as executable, no matter where I am.
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Create a script and save it somewhere which contains your lines and the logic to choose a random line from your array and calling speech command on that line:

array[0]="Shields at 90%"
array[1]="Engaging proton overdrive"
array[2]="Autopilot disengaged"
array[3]="Targetting solution available"
array[4]="Alert. Incoming missile."
array[5]="Deploying countermeasures."
array[6]="Firing torpedoes."
array[7]="Engaging auto-cannon."
array[8]="Severe damage on deck 17. Sealing off."
array[9]="Deploying repair droids to deck 17."

line=$array[$RANDOM % $#array[@]]
speech "$line"

Then in your .bashrc or .profile set PROMPT_COMMAND:

PROMPT_COMMAND="bash $HOME/PATH/TO/myscript.sh"

Just replace the speech with echo to get a messge instead of the voice.

edited 2 days ago

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Thanks for the above solution. It seems to work, except that it only renders the first word in the random line (eg. "Shields." or "Deploying..") not the entire line (eg. "Shields at 90%" or "Deploying repair droids on dek 17."
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

It works!!! Thank you so much!!!!
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

@RazTaz You're welcome ;)
â€“Â Ravexina
2 days ago

Shouldn't $array[$RANDOM % $#array[@]] be in double quotes?
â€“Â Mad Physicist
yesterday

@MadPhysicist It's a good practice but not necessary here, run the script using set -x to see what I'm talking about :)
â€“Â Ravexina
yesterday

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Later Edit Tutorial:

Thanks to Ravexina's answer above, now the problem is solved and the solution works fantastically. I will give step-by-step instructions below, for the other people interested to make it work in Ubuntu 18.04

1. Install SVOX pico2wave package:

sudo apt-get install libttspico0 libttspico-utils libttspico-data libsox-fmt-mp3

2. Create the speech script

cd ~/scripts
gedit speech

and put this content inside, inserting the correct user in the path:

#!/bin/bash
pico2wave -l=en-US -w=/home/user/test.wav "$1"
aplay -q ~/test.wav
rm /home/user/test.wav

save and exit.

3. Create the shell_speech.sh script as indicated by Ravexina above:

gedit shell_speech

array[0]="Shields at 90%"
array[1]="Engaging proton overdrive"
array[2]="Autopilot disengaged"
array[3]="Targetting solution available"
array[4]="Alert. Incoming missile."
array[5]="Deploying countermeasures."
array[6]="Firing torpedoes."
array[7]="Engaging auto-cannon."
array[8]="Severe damage on deck 17. Sealing off."
array[9]="Deploying repair droids to deck 17."

line=$array[$RANDOM % $#array[@]]
speech "$line"

save and exit.

4. Make the scripts executable and add their directory to PATH so that they could be called from everywhere:

chmod u+x ~/scripts/bin/speech
chmod u+x ~/scripts/bin/shell_speech
export PATH=$PATH:~/scripts

5. Modify .bashrc

gedit ~/.bashrc

add the following line:

PROMPT_COMMAND="bash shell_speech"

save and close

Note: you can add as many new lines as you want in the array in ~/scripts/bin/shell_speech

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Since you've made the script executable and in the PATH, you don't need to include bash in your PROMPT_COMMAND and I would use single quotes in case you add other things later that will need to have deferred execution: PROMPT_COMMAND='shell_speech'
â€“Â Dennis Williamson
2 days ago

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For security reasons it is better to write /bin/bash instead of a simple bash... (good practice just in case someone put another bash in your path before /bin...). I should even suggest you a temp random file in the /tmp directory instead that test.wav in your home... ps> give it a look to fortune.
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Create a script and save it somewhere which contains your lines and the logic to choose a random line from your array and calling speech command on that line:

array[0]="Shields at 90%"
array[1]="Engaging proton overdrive"
array[2]="Autopilot disengaged"
array[3]="Targetting solution available"
array[4]="Alert. Incoming missile."
array[5]="Deploying countermeasures."
array[6]="Firing torpedoes."
array[7]="Engaging auto-cannon."
array[8]="Severe damage on deck 17. Sealing off."
array[9]="Deploying repair droids to deck 17."

line=$array[$RANDOM % $#array[@]]
speech "$line"

Then in your .bashrc or .profile set PROMPT_COMMAND:

PROMPT_COMMAND="bash $HOME/PATH/TO/myscript.sh"

Just replace the speech with echo to get a messge instead of the voice.

edited 2 days ago

answered 2 days ago

Ravexina

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Thanks for the above solution. It seems to work, except that it only renders the first word in the random line (eg. "Shields." or "Deploying..") not the entire line (eg. "Shields at 90%" or "Deploying repair droids on dek 17."
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

It works!!! Thank you so much!!!!
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

@RazTaz You're welcome ;)
â€“Â Ravexina
2 days ago

Shouldn't $array[$RANDOM % $#array[@]] be in double quotes?
â€“Â Mad Physicist
yesterday

@MadPhysicist It's a good practice but not necessary here, run the script using set -x to see what I'm talking about :)
â€“Â Ravexina
yesterday

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
19
down vote

accepted

Create a script and save it somewhere which contains your lines and the logic to choose a random line from your array and calling speech command on that line:

array[0]="Shields at 90%"
array[1]="Engaging proton overdrive"
array[2]="Autopilot disengaged"
array[3]="Targetting solution available"
array[4]="Alert. Incoming missile."
array[5]="Deploying countermeasures."
array[6]="Firing torpedoes."
array[7]="Engaging auto-cannon."
array[8]="Severe damage on deck 17. Sealing off."
array[9]="Deploying repair droids to deck 17."

line=$array[$RANDOM % $#array[@]]
speech "$line"

Then in your .bashrc or .profile set PROMPT_COMMAND:

PROMPT_COMMAND="bash $HOME/PATH/TO/myscript.sh"

Just replace the speech with echo to get a messge instead of the voice.

edited 2 days ago

answered 2 days ago

Ravexina

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Thanks for the above solution. It seems to work, except that it only renders the first word in the random line (eg. "Shields." or "Deploying..") not the entire line (eg. "Shields at 90%" or "Deploying repair droids on dek 17."
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

It works!!! Thank you so much!!!!
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

@RazTaz You're welcome ;)
â€“Â Ravexina
2 days ago

Shouldn't $array[$RANDOM % $#array[@]] be in double quotes?
â€“Â Mad Physicist
yesterday

@MadPhysicist It's a good practice but not necessary here, run the script using set -x to see what I'm talking about :)
â€“Â Ravexina
yesterday

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
19
down vote

accepted

Create a script and save it somewhere which contains your lines and the logic to choose a random line from your array and calling speech command on that line:

array[0]="Shields at 90%"
array[1]="Engaging proton overdrive"
array[2]="Autopilot disengaged"
array[3]="Targetting solution available"
array[4]="Alert. Incoming missile."
array[5]="Deploying countermeasures."
array[6]="Firing torpedoes."
array[7]="Engaging auto-cannon."
array[8]="Severe damage on deck 17. Sealing off."
array[9]="Deploying repair droids to deck 17."

line=$array[$RANDOM % $#array[@]]
speech "$line"

Then in your .bashrc or .profile set PROMPT_COMMAND:

PROMPT_COMMAND="bash $HOME/PATH/TO/myscript.sh"

Just replace the speech with echo to get a messge instead of the voice.

edited 2 days ago

answered 2 days ago

Ravexina

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Create a script and save it somewhere which contains your lines and the logic to choose a random line from your array and calling speech command on that line:

array[0]="Shields at 90%"
array[1]="Engaging proton overdrive"
array[2]="Autopilot disengaged"
array[3]="Targetting solution available"
array[4]="Alert. Incoming missile."
array[5]="Deploying countermeasures."
array[6]="Firing torpedoes."
array[7]="Engaging auto-cannon."
array[8]="Severe damage on deck 17. Sealing off."
array[9]="Deploying repair droids to deck 17."

line=$array[$RANDOM % $#array[@]]
speech "$line"

Then in your .bashrc or .profile set PROMPT_COMMAND:

PROMPT_COMMAND="bash $HOME/PATH/TO/myscript.sh"

Just replace the speech with echo to get a messge instead of the voice.

edited 2 days ago

answered 2 days ago

Ravexina

27.6k146594

edited 2 days ago

answered 2 days ago

Ravexina

27.6k146594

answered 2 days ago

Ravexina

27.6k146594

answered 2 days ago

Ravexina

27.6k146594

Thanks for the above solution. It seems to work, except that it only renders the first word in the random line (eg. "Shields." or "Deploying..") not the entire line (eg. "Shields at 90%" or "Deploying repair droids on dek 17."
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

It works!!! Thank you so much!!!!
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

@RazTaz You're welcome ;)
â€“Â Ravexina
2 days ago

Shouldn't $array[$RANDOM % $#array[@]] be in double quotes?
â€“Â Mad Physicist
yesterday

@MadPhysicist It's a good practice but not necessary here, run the script using set -x to see what I'm talking about :)
â€“Â Ravexina
yesterday

add a commentÂ |Â

Thanks for the above solution. It seems to work, except that it only renders the first word in the random line (eg. "Shields." or "Deploying..") not the entire line (eg. "Shields at 90%" or "Deploying repair droids on dek 17."
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

It works!!! Thank you so much!!!!
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

@RazTaz You're welcome ;)
â€“Â Ravexina
2 days ago

Shouldn't $array[$RANDOM % $#array[@]] be in double quotes?
â€“Â Mad Physicist
yesterday

@MadPhysicist It's a good practice but not necessary here, run the script using set -x to see what I'm talking about :)
â€“Â Ravexina
yesterday

Thanks for the above solution. It seems to work, except that it only renders the first word in the random line (eg. "Shields." or "Deploying..") not the entire line (eg. "Shields at 90%" or "Deploying repair droids on dek 17."
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

It works!!! Thank you so much!!!!
â€“Â RazTaz
2 days ago

@RazTaz You're welcome ;)
â€“Â Ravexina
2 days ago

Shouldn't $array[$RANDOM % $#array[@]] be in double quotes?
â€“Â Mad Physicist
yesterday

@MadPhysicist It's a good practice but not necessary here, run the script using set -x to see what I'm talking about :)
â€“Â Ravexina
yesterday

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
4
down vote

Later Edit Tutorial:

1. Install SVOX pico2wave package:

sudo apt-get install libttspico0 libttspico-utils libttspico-data libsox-fmt-mp3

2. Create the speech script

cd ~/scripts
gedit speech

and put this content inside, inserting the correct user in the path:

#!/bin/bash
pico2wave -l=en-US -w=/home/user/test.wav "$1"
aplay -q ~/test.wav
rm /home/user/test.wav

save and exit.

3. Create the shell_speech.sh script as indicated by Ravexina above:

gedit shell_speech

array[0]="Shields at 90%"
array[1]="Engaging proton overdrive"
array[2]="Autopilot disengaged"
array[3]="Targetting solution available"
array[4]="Alert. Incoming missile."
array[5]="Deploying countermeasures."
array[6]="Firing torpedoes."
array[7]="Engaging auto-cannon."
array[8]="Severe damage on deck 17. Sealing off."
array[9]="Deploying repair droids to deck 17."

line=$array[$RANDOM % $#array[@]]
speech "$line"

save and exit.

4. Make the scripts executable and add their directory to PATH so that they could be called from everywhere:

chmod u+x ~/scripts/bin/speech
chmod u+x ~/scripts/bin/shell_speech
export PATH=$PATH:~/scripts

5. Modify .bashrc

gedit ~/.bashrc

add the following line:

PROMPT_COMMAND="bash shell_speech"

save and close

Note: you can add as many new lines as you want in the array in ~/scripts/bin/shell_speech

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Ravexina

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answered 2 days ago

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Since you've made the script executable and in the PATH, you don't need to include bash in your PROMPT_COMMAND and I would use single quotes in case you add other things later that will need to have deferred execution: PROMPT_COMMAND='shell_speech'
â€“Â Dennis Williamson
2 days ago

1

For security reasons it is better to write /bin/bash instead of a simple bash... (good practice just in case someone put another bash in your path before /bin...). I should even suggest you a temp random file in the /tmp directory instead that test.wav in your home... ps> give it a look to fortune.
â€“Â Hastur
yesterday

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
4
down vote

Later Edit Tutorial:

1. Install SVOX pico2wave package:

sudo apt-get install libttspico0 libttspico-utils libttspico-data libsox-fmt-mp3

2. Create the speech script

cd ~/scripts
gedit speech

and put this content inside, inserting the correct user in the path:

#!/bin/bash
pico2wave -l=en-US -w=/home/user/test.wav "$1"
aplay -q ~/test.wav
rm /home/user/test.wav

save and exit.

3. Create the shell_speech.sh script as indicated by Ravexina above:

gedit shell_speech

array[0]="Shields at 90%"
array[1]="Engaging proton overdrive"
array[2]="Autopilot disengaged"
array[3]="Targetting solution available"
array[4]="Alert. Incoming missile."
array[5]="Deploying countermeasures."
array[6]="Firing torpedoes."
array[7]="Engaging auto-cannon."
array[8]="Severe damage on deck 17. Sealing off."
array[9]="Deploying repair droids to deck 17."

line=$array[$RANDOM % $#array[@]]
speech "$line"

save and exit.

4. Make the scripts executable and add their directory to PATH so that they could be called from everywhere:

chmod u+x ~/scripts/bin/speech
chmod u+x ~/scripts/bin/shell_speech
export PATH=$PATH:~/scripts

5. Modify .bashrc

gedit ~/.bashrc

add the following line:

PROMPT_COMMAND="bash shell_speech"

save and close

Note: you can add as many new lines as you want in the array in ~/scripts/bin/shell_speech

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Since you've made the script executable and in the PATH, you don't need to include bash in your PROMPT_COMMAND and I would use single quotes in case you add other things later that will need to have deferred execution: PROMPT_COMMAND='shell_speech'
â€“Â Dennis Williamson
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For security reasons it is better to write /bin/bash instead of a simple bash... (good practice just in case someone put another bash in your path before /bin...). I should even suggest you a temp random file in the /tmp directory instead that test.wav in your home... ps> give it a look to fortune.
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Later Edit Tutorial:

1. Install SVOX pico2wave package:

sudo apt-get install libttspico0 libttspico-utils libttspico-data libsox-fmt-mp3

2. Create the speech script

cd ~/scripts
gedit speech

and put this content inside, inserting the correct user in the path:

#!/bin/bash
pico2wave -l=en-US -w=/home/user/test.wav "$1"
aplay -q ~/test.wav
rm /home/user/test.wav

save and exit.

3. Create the shell_speech.sh script as indicated by Ravexina above:

gedit shell_speech

array[0]="Shields at 90%"
array[1]="Engaging proton overdrive"
array[2]="Autopilot disengaged"
array[3]="Targetting solution available"
array[4]="Alert. Incoming missile."
array[5]="Deploying countermeasures."
array[6]="Firing torpedoes."
array[7]="Engaging auto-cannon."
array[8]="Severe damage on deck 17. Sealing off."
array[9]="Deploying repair droids to deck 17."

line=$array[$RANDOM % $#array[@]]
speech "$line"

save and exit.

4. Make the scripts executable and add their directory to PATH so that they could be called from everywhere:

chmod u+x ~/scripts/bin/speech
chmod u+x ~/scripts/bin/shell_speech
export PATH=$PATH:~/scripts

5. Modify .bashrc

gedit ~/.bashrc

add the following line:

PROMPT_COMMAND="bash shell_speech"

save and close

Note: you can add as many new lines as you want in the array in ~/scripts/bin/shell_speech

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Later Edit Tutorial:

1. Install SVOX pico2wave package:

sudo apt-get install libttspico0 libttspico-utils libttspico-data libsox-fmt-mp3

2. Create the speech script

cd ~/scripts
gedit speech

and put this content inside, inserting the correct user in the path:

#!/bin/bash
pico2wave -l=en-US -w=/home/user/test.wav "$1"
aplay -q ~/test.wav
rm /home/user/test.wav

save and exit.

3. Create the shell_speech.sh script as indicated by Ravexina above:

gedit shell_speech

array[0]="Shields at 90%"
array[1]="Engaging proton overdrive"
array[2]="Autopilot disengaged"
array[3]="Targetting solution available"
array[4]="Alert. Incoming missile."
array[5]="Deploying countermeasures."
array[6]="Firing torpedoes."
array[7]="Engaging auto-cannon."
array[8]="Severe damage on deck 17. Sealing off."
array[9]="Deploying repair droids to deck 17."

line=$array[$RANDOM % $#array[@]]
speech "$line"

save and exit.

4. Make the scripts executable and add their directory to PATH so that they could be called from everywhere:

chmod u+x ~/scripts/bin/speech
chmod u+x ~/scripts/bin/shell_speech
export PATH=$PATH:~/scripts

5. Modify .bashrc

gedit ~/.bashrc

add the following line:

PROMPT_COMMAND="bash shell_speech"

save and close

Note: you can add as many new lines as you want in the array in ~/scripts/bin/shell_speech

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Since you've made the script executable and in the PATH, you don't need to include bash in your PROMPT_COMMAND and I would use single quotes in case you add other things later that will need to have deferred execution: PROMPT_COMMAND='shell_speech'
â€“Â Dennis Williamson
2 days ago

1

For security reasons it is better to write /bin/bash instead of a simple bash... (good practice just in case someone put another bash in your path before /bin...). I should even suggest you a temp random file in the /tmp directory instead that test.wav in your home... ps> give it a look to fortune.
â€“Â Hastur
yesterday

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Since you've made the script executable and in the PATH, you don't need to include bash in your PROMPT_COMMAND and I would use single quotes in case you add other things later that will need to have deferred execution: PROMPT_COMMAND='shell_speech'
â€“Â Dennis Williamson
2 days ago

1

For security reasons it is better to write /bin/bash instead of a simple bash... (good practice just in case someone put another bash in your path before /bin...). I should even suggest you a temp random file in the /tmp directory instead that test.wav in your home... ps> give it a look to fortune.
â€“Â Hastur
yesterday

Since you've made the script executable and in the PATH, you don't need to include bash in your PROMPT_COMMAND and I would use single quotes in case you add other things later that will need to have deferred execution: PROMPT_COMMAND='shell_speech'
â€“Â Dennis Williamson
2 days ago

For security reasons it is better to write /bin/bash instead of a simple bash... (good practice just in case someone put another bash in your path before /bin...). I should even suggest you a temp random file in the /tmp directory instead that test.wav in your home... ps> give it a look to fortune.
â€“Â Hastur
yesterday

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