This is a small Bash script that downloads your friends statuses and reads them aloud using the Festival speech synth. You need to download some packages first. On Ubuntu do:
You should hear a computerized voice reading your friends latest updates.
If you find this useful, it can be interesting to save the script and put it in the Linux crontab file to automatically do it every so often. Just run crontab -e and include the following:
* * * * * /home/robojamie/twittertalk.sh
That updates every minute, so you may want to adjust it. Just take look at the cron tab syntax.
Bash script to read Twitter statuses out loud
This is a small Bash script that downloads your friends statuses and reads them aloud using the Festival speech synth. You need to download some packages first. On Ubuntu do:
sudo apt-get install curl xmlstarlet festival
After installing the command is:
curl -s -u twitterusername:twitterpassword 'http://twitter.com/statuses/friends_timeline.xml?count=5' | xmlstarlet sel -t -m '//status' -v 'user/screen_name' -o ': ' -v 'text' -n | festival --tts
You should hear a computerized voice reading your friends latest updates.
If you find this useful, it can be interesting to save the script and put it in the Linux crontab file to automatically do it every so often. Just run
crontab -eand include the following:* * * * * /home/robojamie/twittertalk.sh
That updates every minute, so you may want to adjust it. Just take look at the cron tab syntax.