converting text files to sound files

[Jacob Schmude]

Hi
Actually, the command line you want with this is:
say -fi INPUt_FILE -fo OUTPUT_FILE
This'll read a text file in and put out a wave file, which can then be
converted to ogg, mp3, or whatever you want to do with it.

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004, Saqib Shaikh wrote:

> Hi Cheryl, this is indeed possible.
>
> 1.  The most preferable option IMHO would be to use DECTalk software, and
> use the provided "say" program to record text files.  I can't remember the
> command line options but say --help should do it.  Basically if you type cat
> filename | say it'll talk the file, and if you type cat filename | say
> --wave wavefile or something similar it'll record it to a wave file.