Experiments on GNU/Linux

Python Code
Prerequisite: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()

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BASH
Prerequisite: espeak : sudo apt-get install espeak

#!/bin/bash
echo "Time now is $(date +%-l) $(date +%p)" \
| espeak

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