{"id":258,"date":"2007-12-18T16:00:17","date_gmt":"2007-12-18T21:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/18\/speech-goes-from-epcot-to-the-living-room\/"},"modified":"2007-12-18T16:00:17","modified_gmt":"2007-12-18T21:00:17","slug":"speech-goes-from-epcot-to-the-living-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2007\/speech-goes-from-epcot-to-the-living-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Speech goes from Epcot to the living room&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had fun tonight playing with speech synthesis in linux &#8211; I typed out commands and they were dutifully shouted by the computer, trying to get the dogs to obey, yelling random punishments at the kids, and performing other various stand-up schtick.  Yes we&#8217;re easily amused.  :>  Brought back wonderful memories of my brother and me in the early 80&#8217;s filling the speech synthesizer at Epcot with [ fa q fa q ], hitting &#8220;go&#8221;, and sneaking away.  Such delinquents.<!--more--><\/p>\n<pre><code>\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ emacs say\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say rss.txt \r\nDuration tree extreme for r 3.64693\r\n\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say too long\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say SURE    \r\nDuration tree extreme for r 3.64693\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say Sounds delicious\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ cvs commit say                 \r\n\r\nLog message unchanged or not specified\r\na)bort, c)ontinue, e)dit, !)reuse this message unchanged for remaining dirs\r\nAction: (continue) \r\n\/home\/m\/development\/CVSROOT\/scripts\/say,v  < --  say\r\nnew revision: 1.2; previous revision: 1.1\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say rock see  \r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say rock see\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say rock see rock see rock see rock see rock see rock see rock see rock see rock see\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say rock see come here                                                              \r\nDuration tree extreme for r 3.64693\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say rock see come here girl\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say come on good girl      \r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say here girl\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say rock see come here right now\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say rock see bad girl\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say rock see come here dang it\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say wren rocks                \r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say get to bed you bad girls\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say rock see                \r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say wren you are nothing but trouble\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say you get another mark wren       \r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say roxie                    \r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say roxie girl\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say hey roxie girl\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say what is it wren\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say did you wash your bum?\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say get to bed\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say wren rocks\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say wren is the champion my friend\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say and she'll keep on fighting til the end\r\n> \r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say and she will keep on fighting til the end\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say reiley is the champion                   \r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say rye lee is the champion\r\n^[[Am@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say rye lee is the champion\r\n^[[A^[[Am@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say no time for losers    \r\n^[[Am@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say cause wren is the champion\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say of the world\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say roxie\r\n^[[Am@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say roxie come here\r\nDuration tree extreme for r 3.64693\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say roxie you are a bad girl\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say roxie get outside right now\r\n^[[Am@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say roxie get in your crate this instant\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say rye lee you are a bad girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\r\nsay rye lee you are a bad girlsay roxie get in your crate this instantsay roxie get in your crate this instantsay roxie get in your crate this instantsay roxie get in your crate this instantsay roxie get in your crate this instantsay 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to go to bed early every night for the next week do you hear me i mean it young lady\"\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say \"rye lee you have been bad\"\r\nsm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say rye lee there is no water left\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say now i must spank you          \r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say what do you have to say for yourself young lady\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say lady\r\n^[[Am@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say well?\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say poor little wrenny\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say stubbed her toe\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say poor dear\r\nDuration tree extreme for r 3.64693\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say i hope shes alright\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say should we call the doctor\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say brush that hair\r\nDuration tree extreme for r 3.64693\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say rye lee has prune hands\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say prune hands\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say \"i said prune hands thats p r u n e h a n d s\"\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say why arent these brats in bed yet?\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say im getting the switch\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say i am getting the switch\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say time for some beatings \r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say because your back is hairy\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say braid her back hair\r\nDuration tree extreme for r 3.64693\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say get her the razor\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say daddy's razor\r\n> \r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say next we will cip rye lee's toenails with the hacksay\r\n> \r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say next we will cip rye lees toenails with the hacksaw\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say \"next we will clip rye lees toenails with the hacksaw\"\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say \"reiley doesn't sound right\"\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say \"what do you expect im only human\"\r\n^[[Am@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say \"give me a break\"\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say \"koik;kopjpokopipo\"\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say that hurt\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say dont do it any more\r\nDuration tree extreme for r 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~\/scripts $ say owowowowow\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say accio broomstick\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say god bless you\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say accio\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say i have an idea\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say  1 c\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say acio\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say that sounded like a bad word\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say ahkeyoh broomstick\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say i give up i am a loser and i will never get it right\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say \"i am tired and ready for bed\"\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say \"good night\"\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say avadakadavra\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say \"I want to watch harry potter before we go to bed then play computer then play playmobil then do this and say ooooooooooooooooooootrtrtrtrt and gikjdgkjdfligjigjdli\"\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say \"i can sing opera lalalalalalalalalala\"\r\nm@wimpy ~\/scripts $ say \"i can sing opera lalalalalalalalalala ooooooooooooooo tralalalalala\"\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had fun tonight playing with speech synthesis in linux &#8211; I typed out commands and they were dutifully shouted by the computer, trying to get the dogs to obey, yelling random punishments at the kids, and performing other various stand-up schtick. Yes we&#8217;re easily amused. :> Brought back wonderful memories of my brother and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2007\/speech-goes-from-epcot-to-the-living-room\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Speech goes from Epcot to the living room&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-life"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M0Zg-4a","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1568,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2012\/town-hall-fail\/","url_meta":{"origin":258,"position":0},"title":"Town Hall Fail","author":"m","date":"May 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"andrea and i and all our neighbors went b4 town of fuquay board of reps to fight a zoning density increase - r10 when we r all r40 - with clustered housing and mobile homes a possibility adjacent to multiacre horse farms. after a dozen of us spoke for an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Daily Life&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Daily Life","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/category\/daily-life\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2005\/getting-properly-into-christmas\/","url_meta":{"origin":258,"position":1},"title":"Getting properly into Christmas","author":"m","date":"December 8, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"The season is here, time to soak it up before it's gone. 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