A command line interface for English words pronunciation.
This program retrieves pronunciation files from the [dictionary.com] (https://www.dictionary.com/) website, which are publicly available to be downloaded and plays them automatically. This command downloads the pronunciation OGG files via wget, stores them locally in the ~/.cache/pronunciation.ogg folder, and plays them via ffplay.
- Copy the pronounce script somewhere in your path, for example in the /usr/bin folder.
- Create the ~/.cache/pronunciation.ogg folder.
- And install the ffplay (usually comes with the ffmpeg package).
You can run pronounce in 4 modes.
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Mode 1: pronounce
To listen to default pronunciation of a word, e.g. live, as found on the Web, type:
pronounce live -
Mode 2: pronounce
To listen to the i-th available pronunciation of a word, e.g. the 2nd pronunciation of live (which has different pronunciations as noun and verb), type:
pronounce live 2 -
Mode 3: pronounce f
To open the given word's definition page, e.g. live, in firefox, type:
pronounce live fThis mode, internally runs the following command:
firefox "https://www.dictionary.com/browse/live" -
Mode 4: pronounce w
To open the given word's definition page, e.g. live, in w3m command line browser, type:
pronounce live wThis mode, internally runs the following command:
w3m "https://www.dictionary.com/browse/live"
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