Can I use Google Translate to make my Raspberry Pi speak in different languages on demand?

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ChrisPrime

I have a Raspberry Pi B+ running the latest Raspbian headless, and have forced output to my 3.5mm audio jack so I can connect speakers and have it "speak" on demand (remotely via SSH would be fantastic).

Google translate has a service call that will read text to you in many languages. Anyone have any idea how I could use this to make my Raspberry Pi multilingual on demand?

Even just how to make Google Translate speak some given words in English from a command line would be fantastic. Preferably using a bash script.

Circuit Static

I found some information that I think will do what you are looking for. I have tried and had success with the following here. Please try it and see what you think.

If you want your Raspberry Pi to be able to speak to you, in multiple languages, do the following.

In a terminal window type the following (each on a separate line)

sudo apt-get install alsa-utils

sudo apt-get install mplayer

Then lets look at the modules by typing this in a terminal

sudo nano /etc/modules

After typing the above command check the file that opens to see if it shows the following:

snd_bcm2835

if it does exit. If it DOES NOT add it.
Then add a line to the mlayer configuration by typing this in a terminal:

sudo nano /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf

Add the following. If you aren't sure where to put it, the bottom works fine

nolirc=yes

*Be sure to save your changes. It should be CTRL+X to exit and will prompt you to save your changes in nano

Then for the test do the following

nano speech.sh

Then put the following in a new file called speech.sh and save it.

#!/bin/bash
say() { local IFS=+;/usr/bin/mplayer -ao alsa -really-quiet -noconsolecontrols "http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?tl=en&q=$*"; }
say $*

Helpful tip, be sure to remember to change the permissions to read from the file chmod u+x speech.sh

T7. hen type the following as an example to hear audio on your pi.

./speech.sh Look Dave I can see youre really upset about this

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edited at2021-02-14

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