alecjacobson · March 5, 2023 23:54 · Mar 5, 2023 · Mar 2, 2023 · Mar 2, 2023 · Mar 1, 2023
diff --git a/say.py b/say.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # https://stackoverflow.com/a/51164950/148668
+#
+# python3 -m pip install gtts playsound pyobjc 
 from gtts import gTTS
 import sys
 from io import BytesIO

diff --git a/say.py b/say.py
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@
 else:
     filename = sys.argv[2]
 tts.save(filename)
-if args.output_file == None:
+if args.output_file is None:
     playsound.playsound(filename)
diff --git a/say.py b/say.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 tts = gTTS(text=input_text, lang='en', slow=False)
 
-if args.output_file == None:
+if args.output_file is None:
     filename = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile().name
 else:
     filename = sys.argv[2]

diff --git a/say.py b/say.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# https://stackoverflow.com/a/51164950/148668
+from gtts import gTTS
+import sys
+from io import BytesIO
+import objc
+import playsound
+import tempfile
+import argparse
+import sys
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='`say` replacement using gtts')
+
+parser.add_argument('text', type=str, nargs='?', help="Text to be read (also accepted from stdin)" )
+parser.add_argument('-o','--output-file', type=str,
+                    help='An optional output file argument')
+
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+input_text = sys.stdin.read() if args.text == None else args.text
+
+tts = gTTS(text=input_text, lang='en', slow=False)
+
+if args.output_file == None:
+    filename = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile().name
+else:
+    filename = sys.argv[2]
+tts.save(filename)
+if args.output_file == None:
+    playsound.playsound(filename)