Ahh, I think we're on different platforms. I'm thinking of a shell
script in terminal while I think you're doing it via an AppleScript.
Both apparently have a "say" command. Since I don't know Applescript,
all problems are solved by shell scripts for me :) That said, you can
use AppleScript to run terminal commands. So something like:
set bob to "You have a new message." do shell "say -o
~/Desktop/outputaudio.aiff " & bob
Then you can use all the fancy terminal say commands:
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/Manpages/man1/say.1.html
This Apple developer note covers most of the glue needed to connect
AppleScript with shell scripts:
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/technotes/tn2065/_index.html
CB
On 3/14/14 12:45 PM, Traci Duncan wrote:
Thank you,
I’m not actually inputing any text file; I’m writing something like this:
beep
delay 0.5
say “You have a new message.” Using “Will”
My goal is to have this be an audio file that I can use later. On the last
line would I type -o will.aiff
I’ve been reading documentation, but much to my annoyance, I’m still doing
something wrong.
Thanks for the help,
Traci
On Mar 13, 2014, at 9:06 PM, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote:
I'm no AppleScripter but the say command takes a parameter to say where to save
the aiff audio output instead of playing it through the speakers. Normally you
could do
say -f input_text_filename.txt -o output_audio.aiff
there are lots of other parameters to the say command which you can find by
doing a
man say
in terminal.
CB
On 3/13/14 6:08 PM, Traci Duncan wrote:
Hi all,
I've done this in the past and I can't remember how. It is driving me crazy
and googling isn't getting me the correct solution.
If I'm creating a script with the say command, using a particular voice, what
is the last line in the script to save that as an .aiff file?
One reason I'm doing this via Apple script instead of save to iTunes as a
spoken track, is I want to use the beep command before the say command.
Fingers crossed, someone out there knows exactly what I need. :)
Traci
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