Dictate and speak/read text from Terminal I have an idea in mind for a Terminal command I run often. I haven't found answers to these on my own, and they all have to do with voice/dictation:



Dictation in Terminal

Can I dictate to the Terminal? I've tried the standard Fn-Fn, but it only plays the sound effect that it makes when you've cancelled it. No microphone bubble appears either. Is it not possible to do this? I notice that in the Edit menu of Terminal, I find that Start Dictation is not greyed out; it's still an option.



I am positive that Dictation is setup correctly, it works great system-wide.

Reading output from Terminal

Can I get the output of one Terminal window and have it read to me by the system (via AppleScript)?  I am essentially trying to reproduce this behavior with continuous output (I want every line that follows the first to be read):
say. You can download different voices in Mountain Lion (not sure about older versions) and can be looked up from System Preferences

Usage: say [-v voice] [-o out] [-f in | message]


You can use command | say to stream output of the command once its completed.

The famous Vicki voice from Portal.

say -v Vicki Do not adjust your screen. You will be assimilated. The process is quick and painless, stand by