Script to Change Pronunciations on Mac

Question

So I've been looking around on how to change how my mac says things, I have found my answer but what I need is some help with the coding. Here is what I want to do:

• Create a list of word pairs.

• Create a script that substitutes words in its parameter list according to your word-pairs list, and passes the modified parameter list to "/usr/bin/say".

This is a quick copy of https://superuser.com/q/170041/106990 and I have very little coding know-how and would like some help. I don't care in what language.

Answer 1

Create a file say.sh and enter the following:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
TEXT="$@"
while read line ; do
    TEXT="$( echo $TEXT | sed "s${line}g" )"
done < "/path/to/rules.txt"
/usr/bin/say $TEXT

Make this file executable from the command line by running chmod +x say.sh

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Create a file rules.txt where you specified in the above script (4th line) and enter substitution rules like the following:

|one thing|other thing|
|foo|Apple|
|Apple Mac|Apple Macintosh|

The order of rules is important, as they are applied in order.

Run as /path/to/say.sh foo Mac to have your Mac say "Apple Macintosh"