Author: Maurice Ruckman

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Ubuntu Text to Speech from Command Line

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https://www.naturalreaders.com/online/

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https://micmonster.com/pricing/

Alexa Has a Skill that can be accessed from a browser

Refer: https://www.lifewire.com/make-alexa-say-what-you-want-5204622

Install Alexa "Text to Voice" skill

https://texttovoice.io/

One,
Two,
Three

Refer: https://askubuntu.com/questions/501910/how-to-text-to-speech-output-using-command-line

Say converts text to audible speech using the GNUstep speech engine.

sudo apt-get install gnustep-gui-runtime
say "hello"

Refer: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-use-aplay-and-spd-say-command-in-linux/

spd-say Seems to be built-in

spd-say "Hello World"
spd-say -t female2 -r -30 "Hello World"
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Outlook OST File

If you need to delete your Outlook OST file because it is out of date, it's here:

C:\Users\mruckman\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
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Register an AppImage as a desktop application in Linux

Refer: https://dev.to/tqbit/how-to-register-an-appimage-as-a-desktop-application-in-linux-31c7

The Scenario:

You have an .AppImage file and would like to treat it like an installed Linux app.

The solution:

Create a custom .desktop file

For this article, I'll use the following constraints:

  • Register the Electron.js app Marktext on an Ubuntu 20.04 distro
  • Use this icon from icon-library.com or some other place

Let's do it.

NOTE: You might have to use sudo commands to access files in the /bin and /use directories

  • Download the .AppImage file and an icon you would like to register it with
  • Move the .AppImage file to the path /bin, e.g. sudo mv ~/Downloads/Marktext.AppImage /bin/
  • Make it executable with sudo chmod +x /bin/Marktext.AppImage
  • Save the icon under /use/share/icons/custom/markdown.png e.g. sudo mkdir --parents /use/share/icons/custom && sudo mv ~/Downloads/markdown.png /use/share/icons/custom/
  • Create a .desktop file under ~/.local/share/applications/marktext.desktop
  • Paste the following content into it:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Image Name                           # NAME YOUR IMAGE HERE
Comment=What this program does            # COMMENT ABOUT USAGE
Exec=/bin/marktext-x86_64.AppImage        # REPLACE WITH YOUR .AppImage
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=/usr/share/icons/custom/markdown.png # REPLACE WITH YOUR ICON
Categories=Utility                        # SET THE CATEGORY, CAN HAVE MULTIPLE ENTIRES SEPARAGED BY ;
MimeType=text/markdown;                   # SET MimeType
Keywords=marktext;markdown;               # ADD SEARCHABLE KEYWORDS
StartupWMClass=filename.AppImage          # USE PROGRAM BINARY NAME HERE
Actions=NewWindow;

That should do it. Try pressing the Super key now and search for the app.