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Make an audio countdown for bash espeak and ffmpeg
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countdown.sh
#!/bin/bash
# make countdown
espeak -v en-us -g60 -p75 -w countdown1.wav " 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0"&& espeak -v en-us -w countdown2.wav "We have a lift off !"
# make a list
echo "file 'countdown1.wav'" > filelist.txt
echo "file 'countdown2.wav'" >> filelist.txt
# stitch together
ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i filelist.txt -c copy countdown.wav
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