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suibhne
March 4th, 2008, 11:26 PM
Does anyone know of some interesting and weird software I could test out o my machine? my habits on my ubuntu system are now too predictable and i want to shake up my use of it.
(uufffff - I mean Weird Software)
NightwishFan
March 4th, 2008, 11:37 PM
Well this isn't really weird but more cool. Open a terminal type:
espeak "I can type whatever I want."
:)
suibhne
March 4th, 2008, 11:48 PM
uffff! i don't lke it - whats supposed to happen?
anything else?
NightwishFan
March 4th, 2008, 11:56 PM
Dont play any sound. It will talk out loud kinda interesting I suppose. :) No need to be rude.
suibhne
March 5th, 2008, 12:07 AM
Ah! excellent! (I was listening to Queens of the stone age there before - couldn't hear it).
I wasn't being rude!!!!!:shock:
( are you super sensitive?)
:)
NightwishFan
March 5th, 2008, 12:17 AM
Yes I am. My apologies. I understand english well, but not always perfect.
suibhne
March 5th, 2008, 12:25 AM
no, i apologize - i should have been more clear! thanks for the tip!
NightwishFan
March 5th, 2008, 12:29 AM
http://http://picasaweb.google.com/herman543/HowMyComputerMakesCoffee
If you are REALLY bored you can try this out. ;)
Kvark
March 5th, 2008, 12:33 AM
espeak "I can type whatever I want."
Giving that thing non-English song lyrics makes me feel good about my singing skills by comparison.
Another thing to try:
mplayer -vo caca videofile.divx
Rotarychainsaw
March 5th, 2008, 12:33 AM
Wtf, I had no idea espeak existed! Its just like getting my first mac with os 7 and using the talky thing on there. Oh the memories. Thanks!
hhhhhx
March 5th, 2008, 12:41 AM
see how many distro's you can multi-boot on a HDD :)
amazingtaters
March 5th, 2008, 02:13 AM
gah I get an error with espeak! bummer.
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
3rdalbum
March 5th, 2008, 04:32 AM
Try turning off ESD in Preferences > Sound. If you have any other sound-making programs open, close them and try again.
NET WT
March 5th, 2008, 05:02 AM
I didn't know espeak existed either, very cool.
adityakavoor
March 5th, 2008, 05:59 AM
espeak is cool
Ioky
March 5th, 2008, 08:30 AM
man Linux is dame cool
espeak is the best. haha
jr.gotti
March 5th, 2008, 08:40 AM
Never read a man page again!
"man espeak | espeak -stdin"
3rdalbum
March 5th, 2008, 03:20 PM
Never read a man page again!
"man espeak | espeak -stdin"
man apt-get | espeak -stdin
Yeah, now I understand what parameters Apt-get takes... NOT! :-P
sailor2001
March 5th, 2008, 07:43 PM
rather use "vozme" as it has a selection of male or female voice
Ultra Magnus
March 5th, 2008, 07:59 PM
Wtf, I had no idea espeak existed! Its just like getting my first mac with os 7 and using the talky thing on there. Oh the memories. Thanks!
Was it simpletalk or something? - That was a brilliant program - hours of fun at school
Ultra Magnus
March 5th, 2008, 08:01 PM
james@HAL-9000:~$ man espeak | espeak -stdin
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
:( - guessing thats not right
cerpin
March 5th, 2008, 08:12 PM
Oh man thats cool, Im not at home but when i get home..man Im gonna be messing with that all day!
jr.gotti
March 5th, 2008, 11:43 PM
man apt-get | espeak -stdinYeah, now I understand what parameters Apt-get takes... NOT! :-P
lmao!
If only there was a program that would allow me to say "never be confused by a man page again!"
23meg
March 5th, 2008, 11:50 PM
Nothing quite like
espeak -stdin < /dev/random
genus_001
March 6th, 2008, 12:15 AM
When I use espeak, I feel like Matthew Broderick in War Games.
suibhne
March 6th, 2008, 01:31 AM
james@HAL-9000:~$ man espeak | espeak -stdin
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
PaHost_OpenStream: could not open /dev/dsp for O_WRONLY
PaHost_OpenStream: ERROR - result = -10000
:( - guessing thats not right
I made the same mistake first - turn off whatever it is you are listening to - it will work then - you will have a computer voice saying whatever it is you type in the terminal - its funny to write a familiar rhyme or phrase
suibhne
March 6th, 2008, 01:33 AM
Nothing quite like
espeak -stdin < /dev/random
what does this do? I had no response from my machine....:confused:
NightwishFan
March 6th, 2008, 04:23 AM
Wow I am sorry for derailing this into an espeak thread. :)
Yeah it reminded me of war games as well. It is alot of fun if you go somewhere like a pc cafe.
If you get a bunch of errors normally that means something else is using sound.
futureproof
March 6th, 2008, 05:32 AM
I have a bunch of samples from wargames integrated into my sound scheme, instead of the windows start sound I have the whirring of the WOPR.
NightwishFan
March 6th, 2008, 05:47 AM
:) Thats cool.
genus_001
March 9th, 2008, 09:12 PM
Ok, a really neat program to play with is Sonic Visualiser. It lets you look at spectrographs of audio files. It's really interesting if you are into recording music. I can actually "see" when certain instruments and voices come in, that is if you fine tune it enough.
http://www.sonicvisualiser.org/
fuscia
March 9th, 2008, 09:42 PM
Well this isn't really weird but more cool. Open a terminal type:
espeak "I can type whatever I want."
:)
mrs. fuscia is going to be soooooooo sorry i read this post.
qazwsx
March 9th, 2008, 09:47 PM
cappuccino
Wierd software for lazy person.
sayantandas
July 17th, 2008, 10:03 PM
Well this isn't really weird but more cool. Open a terminal type:
espeak "I can type whatever I want."
:)
thanks for the espeak. its really cool.. i never knew it existed
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