Testing out some voices for Fido, our new interactive lab assistant (Hubot-based!)

speech.rb

names = %w[Samantha Jill Trinoids Alex Tom Sangeeta]

phrases = [ "Access Denied.",
            "The door is not responding. Please try using the manual lock.",
            "The band saw has been activated. Please be safe!",
            "Playing songs by Thin Lizzy.",
            "Access granted." ]

all_phrases = phrases.join " "

names.each do |name|
  system "say -v " + name + " Hello, my name is " + name + ". " + all_phrases #+ " -o " + name + ".aiff"
end