Re: [microsound] text to sound conversion

[Phil Thomson <philthom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anyone know how this could be done in OS X?


> >
> > The easiest way to convert text to sound, if you're
> > using unix,
> > it to simply redirect sound to the audio device:
> >
> > cat text_file > /dev/audio
> >
> > or:
> >
> > play -f s -c 2 -s w -r 11025 -t raw text_file
> >
> > I'd prefer to analyse text then produce some kind of
> > mediated
> > output based on my own algorithms, but this can be
> > fun.
> >
> > I'm doing a little project where I'm using the
> > binaries of audio
> > programs to create sounds, something I find ironic
> > in a way,
> > and I used this to get started.
> >
> > I find:
> >
> > play -f s -c 2 -s w -r 11025 -t raw `which csound`
> >
> > to have an awesome, wholesome groove.
> >
> > --
> > http://alex.bash.sh

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