#!/bin/sh
# Speak a phrase, locking so that you can run multiple copies of this at the
# same time and they won't talk over each other or jumble up fragments.
# Used with saymail in my (old) .procmailrc so that it'd announce incoming
# messages.
# This requires this in your .festivalrc:
# (Parameter.set 'Audio_Command "cat $FILE >>~/.speech-$SPEAKPID")
# (Parameter.set 'Audio_Method 'Audio_Command)
if ps aux | grep -v grep | grep -q esd ; then
	PLAYER="esdcat -r 8000 $HOME/.speech-$$"
else
	PLAYER="sox -r 16000 -w -s -t raw $HOME/.speech-$$ -t ossdsp /dev/dsp"
fi
lockfile -4 ~/.speaklock
export SPEAKPID=$$
if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then
	nice -20 festival --tts
else
	echo $* | nice -20 festival --tts
fi
$PLAYER
rm -f ~/.speech-$$ ~/.speaklock