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Files:

 • twestival.p
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What it does

This simple script will pull in your twitter stream and pipe the tweets through a speech synthesis tool. It runs under Mac with no additional software needed, on Linux you may need to install festival.
This is a read only script, there is no way to tweet from it.
Instructions

 • Mac
   • save the file (on the left) somewhere on your computer
   • open terminal (Applications | Utilities | Terminal)
   • change to the directory you downloaded it to to where you have saved the file, eg "cd Downloads" will put you into your Downloads folder
   • type: perl twestival.p
   • it will ask for your twitter username and password

 • Linux
   • save the file (on the left) somewhere on your computer
   • open terminal
   • type: echo "test" | festival --tts
   • if you do not have festival you will need to install it
   • once installed, follow the instructions above