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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 flagged as stableinterface which means that the maintainers for this module guarantee that no backward incompatible interface changes will be made.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

  • 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/2.7/modules/say_module.html