Voice

On Lucid Lynx (Ubuntu)

$ sudo aptitude install festival festvox-don espeak
$ printf ";use ALSA\n(Parameter.set 'Audio_Method 'Audio_Command)\n(Parameter.set 'Audio_Command \"aplay -q -c 1 -t raw -f s16 -r \$SR \$FILE\")\n" > .festivalrc
$ echo "hey hackepedia is useful and fun" |  festival --tts
$  espeak << END
This seems to offer more voices
some are fun 
END

$ espeak --voices