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title: "Speaking Clock GNU/Linux"
description: "Python Code Prerequisite:pyttsx #!/usr/bin/env python import pyttsx import time engine = pyttsx.init() rate = — Scribe notes."
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publishDate: "2010-08-05T00:00:00.000Z"
author: "Hemanth HM"
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# Speaking Clock GNU/Linux

> Python Code Prerequisite:pyttsx #!/usr/bin/env python import pyttsx import time engine = pyttsx.init() rate = — Scribe notes.

**Python Code** _Prerequisite:_[pyttsx](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyttsx)
    
    
    #!/usr/bin/env python
    import pyttsx
    import time
    engine = pyttsx.init()
    rate = engine.getProperty('rate')
    engine.setProperty('rate', rate-50)
    localtime = time.localtime(time.time())
    h=localtime.tm_hour
    m=localtime.tm_min
    time="Time now is %s hours %s minutes" %(h,m)
    engine.say(time)
    engine.runAndWait()
    

**You must here something like:******
    
    
    <source src="http://www.h3manth.com/sites/files/time.ogg" />
    

**BASH** _Prerequisite:_ espeak : sudo apt-get install espeak
    
    
    #!/bin/bash
    echo "Time now is $(date +%-l) $(date +%p)" \
    | espeak
    

**You must here something like:** ****