pron

Pronounces words from the command line by querying and playing Wikimedia audio files.

What does it do?

Often you can try a non-English word and there will be an available pronounciation — especially in French. There's a lot of audio files here.

Usage and examples

Try those:

pron margarine rambunctious
pron Worcestershire
pron karate 椎茸
pron rødgrød_med_fløde
pron Kierkegaard
pron Paris ignorant double_entendre déjà_vu

And why not, for a change, pronouncing contents instead of the word proper? pron Jabberwocky

Dependencies

Fix all dependencies with: sudo apt-get install python curl moreutils vorbis-tools