A simple Ruby script to dictate files.

I often create small audio scripts that I want the computer to read aloud ... But it's a hassle to write code, so this thing takes a file as an argument and then reads it aloud using the built in Mac voices.

See the sample.txt for an example.

ruby main.rb sample.txt

If you're working on a script and don't actually want it to "execute", run it with a TEST environment variable:

TEST=yes ruby main.rb sample.txt

The text file can also use ERB, i.e., embedded ruby, which is helpful when the script contains many repetitions of the same thing. See erbsample.txt for an example.

ruby main.rb erbsample.txt