CODE EXAMPLE FOR PYTHON

python script superuser

#!/usr/bin/env python                                                           

import sys                                                                      
import pyttsx                                                                   

def main():                                                                     
        print 'running speech-text.py...'                                       
        engine = pyttsx.init()                                                  
        str = "Hi..."                                    
        if len(sys.argv) > 1:                                                   
                str = sys.argv[1]                                               
        engine.say(str)                                                         
        engine.runAndWait()                                                     

if __name__ == '__main__':                                                      
        main()