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gsay: Fetch pronunciation of English vocabulary from Google

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gsay

A simple shell script to fetch pronunciation of an English word from Google.

When you search for an Enlgish vocabulary, Google shows a pronunciation in an "answer box" at top of the page. This script fetches that hopefully human-made mp3 sound file.

Features

Query for 2020 and 2024 sound files

Support British and American accents

Cache to disk (enabled by default)

Dependencies

curl

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