[mary-dev] Maryspeak a linux command line wrapper for MaryTTS

[Steve Bickle]

Inspired by the interview given to Hacker Public Radio
(http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1599) by Ingmar Steiner, I've
written maryspeak; a small java program  to make the core features of
Mary Text To Speech  readily accessible as a shell command.

The aim of maryspeak is to reduce the friction for Linux shell users
to use MaryTTS.

It accepts text input via the command line, via a file or via stdin,
processes it using MaryTTS, then outputs speech via sound, to a file,
or to stdout. It also allows for the selection of a voice and/or a
MaryTTS server.

It is published via my blog where there is the maryspeak.jar, the
source code and instructions for installation on Debian based distros.
http://blog.bickle.co.uk/it-technology/maryspeak-a-command-line-wrapper-for-marytts/

There is also a blog post How-To install MaryTTS on Debian (which
should also work for Ubuntu, Mint, Crunchbang etc.)
http://blog.bickle.co.uk/podcasts/marytts-voice-synthesizer-how-to-for-debian/

Best Regards,

Steve Bickle