bash function which utilise text-to-speech command to pronounce english vocabulary, with customer file and rate

say_work.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

pronounce_word () {
  declare -a myArray
  # echo "$args"
  # myArray=(`cat "$args"`)
  myArray=(`cat $dir`)

  say "test begin[[slnc 2000]]"

  for i in "${myArray[@]}"
  do
    say "$i [[slnc $duration]]" #change number to custom pause duration
  done
}

# args=("$@")
if test $# = 2
then
  dir=$1
  duration=$2
else
  echo "Usage: script <filename> <pause_duration>" 1>&2
  exit 1
fi

echo "$dir"
# echo "$duration"

pronounce_word