say – Makes a computer to speak

Synopsis

  • makes a computer speak! Amuse your friends, annoy your coworkers!

Aliases: osx_say

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • say or espeak or espeak-ng

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
msg
- / required
What to say
voice
-
What voice to use

Notes

Note

  • In 2.5, this module has been renamed from osx_say to say.
  • If you like this module, you may also be interested in the osx_say callback plugin.
  • A list of available voices, with language, can be found by running say -v ? on a OSX host and espeak --voices on a Linux host.

Examples

- say:
    msg: '{{ inventory_hostname }} is all done'
    voice: Zarvox
  delegate_to: localhost

Status

  • This module is guaranteed to have no backward incompatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]
  • This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

  • Ansible Core Team
  • Michael DeHaan (@mpdehaan)

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© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.8/modules/say_module.html