Text2wave

text2wave is a utility included with the Festival project, which allows you to convert a text document to a synthesized speech audio file..

=How to use= echo "linuxquestions.org" > mytext.txt text2wave -o mytext.wav myaudio.txt text2wave --help man text2wave text2wave -o waroftheworlds.wav waroftheworlds.txt Wave files can be very large; you may want to convert them to a compressed format using the Lame MP3 encoder or Sox.
 * First, Install Festival.
 * Create a sample text file:
 * Convert your text file to audio:
 * To see more options:
 * Or:
 * Download over 30,000 free ebooks from Project Gutenberg and convert them to audio for your MP3 player or burn a CD:

= See also =
 * Accessibility
 * Festival
 * Swift
 * Sox

= External links =
 * Festival Project Manual
 * Project Gutenberg