say REPL

voice.py

import cmd
import os
import subprocess
import shlex
from pipes import quote

devnull = open(os.devnull, 'w')

class Voice(cmd.Cmd):
    """Simple command processor example."""

    prompt = '(say) '
    
    def default(self, line):
        subprocess.Popen(shlex.split("say %s" % quote(line)), stdout=devnull, stderr=devnull)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        Voice().cmdloop()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        pass