More first grade fun learning Ruby

morse_code.rb

# Inspired by https://gist.github.com/1172097

alphabet = Hash[
                  :a => "beep. beeeeep.",
                  :b => "beeeeep. beep. beep. beep.",
                  :c => "beeeeep. beep. beeeeep. beep.",
                  :d => "beeeeep. beep. beep.",
                  :e => "beep.",
                  :f => "beep. beep. beeeeep. beep.",
                  :g => "beeeeep. beeeeep. beep.",
                  :h => "beep. beep. beep. beep.",
                  :i => "beep. beep.",
                  :j => "beep. beeeeep. beeeeep. beeeeep.",
                  :k => "beeeeep. beep. beeeeep.",
                  :l => "beep. beeeeep. beep. beep.",
                  :m => "beeeeep. beeeeep.",
                  :n => "beeeeep. beep.",
                  :o => "beeeeep. beeeeep. beeeeep.",
                  :p => "beep. beeeeep. beeeeep. beep.",
                  :q => "beeeeep. beeeeep. beep. beeeeep.",
                  :r => "beep. beeeeep. beep.",
                  :s => "beep. beep. beep.",
                  :t => "beeeeep.",
                  :u => "beep. beep. beeeeep.",
                  :v => "beep. beep. beep. beeeeep.",
                  :w => "beep. beeeeep. beeeeep.",
                  :x => "beeeeep. beep. beep. beeeeep.",
                  :y => "beeeeep. beep. beeeeep. beeeeep.",
                  :z => "beeeeep. beeeeep. beep. beep.",
                  :"1" => "beep. beeeeep. beeeeep. beeeeep. beeeeep.",
                  :"2" => "beep. beep. beeeeep. beeeeep. beeeeep.",
                  :"3" => "beep. beep. beep. beeeeep. beeeeep.",
                  :"4" => "beep. beep. beep. beep. beeeeep.",
                  :"5" => "beep. beep. beep. beep. beep.",
                  :"6" => "beeeeep. beep. beep. beep. beep.",
                  :"7" => "beeeeep. beeeeep. beep. beep. beep.",
                  :"8" => "beeeeep. beeeeep. beeeeep. beep. beep.",
                  :"9" => "beeeeep. beeeeep. beeeeep. beeeeep. beep.",
                  :"0" => "beeeeep. beeeeep. beeeeep. beeeeep. beeeeep."]

message = "You can't rely on this code after the EMP apocalypse, so you'd best learn morse code in advance."

message.downcase.split(//).each do |letter|
  `say "#{alphabet[:"#{letter}"]}"`
  print letter.upcase
end

Ha! Nice.