gsay: Fetch pronunciation of English vocabulary from Google
7 hours ago
- #pronunciation
- #shell-script
- A shell script to fetch pronunciation of English words from Google.
- Supports British (gb) and American (us) accents.
- Allows caching of pronunciation files to disk (enabled by default).
- Provides options to specify the database year (2020 or 2024).
- Can print pronunciation links without playing audio.
- Includes debug and version options.
- Examples provided for usage, including handling special characters and batch processing.
- Notes on synthetic vs. human-made pronunciations and HTTP vs. HTTPS URLs.
- Early versions supported scraping, but now relies on heuristic mode due to Google restrictions.
- Linter and formatter recommendations: shellcheck and shfmt.