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█▌ - FUN ON THE TERMINAL - █▌
█▌ FOR MAC OS X ONLY █▌
█ ▐▌
█ On the other Terminal Fun pages there is for Mac also, just here is for ▐▌
█ Mac Only. Aren't you special :p. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MAKE YOUR MAC SPEAK & SING ▐▌
█ MAC OS X CALENDAR & THEN SOME ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MAKE YOUR MAC SPEAK & SING: ▐▌
█ Open your terminal window (Applications/Utilities/Terminal). Copy/paste ▐▌
█ in then press your Enter key: ▐▌
█ say Hi mewbies! ▐▌
█ Press Ctrl+c to exit say mode if stuck. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Alex is the default. There are many voices to select from - ▐▌
█ Applications/System Preferences/Speech/Text to Speech/ ▐▌
█ You can also change the speed of the voice there. ▐▌
█ MALE: FEMALE: NOVELTY: NOVELTY: NOVELTY: ▐▌
█ alex agnes albert bubbles 'pipe organ' ▐▌
█ bruce kathy 'bad news' cellos trinoids ▐▌
█ fred princess bahh deranged whisper ▐▌
█ junior vicki bells 'good news' zarvox ▐▌
█ ralph victoria boing hysterical ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ To select a voice use the switch -v [voice] [text]. ▐▌
█ For example: ▐▌
█ say -v bubbles Hi mewbies! ▐▌
█ You can also input a file to read out using -f, for example: ▐▌
█ say -f myfile.txt ▐▌
█ You can create an audio (.aiff) file from a plain text using the -o ▐▌
█ (output): ▐▌
█ say -o myfile_recording.aiff -f myfile.txt ▐▌
█ Or typed in text: ▐▌
█ say -o mewbies.aiff -v hysterical mewbies ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ There are many more options and formats that the audio can be saved in: ▐▌
█ man say ▐▌
█ Press q to quit man window. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ To make your Mac sing I have a list below, that I found HERE, for you to ▐▌
█ try out; copy/paste each one (each one is only one line, no breaks) into ▐▌
█ your terminal. ▐▌
█ Tip: Paste into Mac terminal the contents of your clipboard you can use: ▐▌
█ pbpaste (Copy to clip board is pbcopy). ▐▌
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How do you pronounce 'Mac OS X'? Let Alex teach you the correct way:
say Mac OS X
█ Thanks to online-convert.com for converting the audio files. ▐▌
█ ___________..___________ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MAC OS X CALENDAR & THEN SOME: ▐▌
█ `````````````````````````````` ▐▌
█ Mac Calendar comes with five FreeBSD calendar files listing various dates ▐▌
█ in history. ▐▌
█ ls /usr/share/calendar/ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ FAMOUS PEOPLE'S BIRTHDATES: ▐▌
█ Example view a month/day (American format) like your birthday: ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/calendar/calendar.birthday | grep 01/10 ▐▌
█ 01/10 Ethan Allen born, 1738 ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Click HERE to view file. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ COMPUTER HISTORY: ▐▌
█ Search by date For example: ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/calendar/calendar.history | grep 04/03 ▐▌
█ 04/03 IBM 701 introduced, 1953 ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Click HERE to view file. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ EVENTS IN HISTORY: ▐▌
█ Search by date or name, for example: ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/calendar/calendar.history | grep William ▐▌
█ 04/26 William Shakespeare baptized in Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1564... ▐▌
█ 10/14 Battle of Hastings won by William the Conqueror and the Normans,... ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Click HERE to view file. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MILESTONES IN MUSIC: ▐▌
█ Search by date For example: ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/calendar/calendar.music | grep 01/10 ▐▌
█ 01/10 Blues guitarist Howlin' Wolf dies in Chicago, 1976 ▐▌
█ 01/10 Jim Croce is born in Philadelphia, 1943 ▐▌
█ 01/10 Pat Benatar is born in Long Island, 1952 ▐▌
█ 01/10 Rod Stewart is born in Glasgow, Scotland, 1945 ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Click HERE to view file. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MOTD (Message Of The Day): ▐▌
█ Each time your terminal is launched you could be greeted by the events ▐▌
█ that match today's date from all the calendars: ▐▌
█ Launch Terminal then type in: ▐▌
█ nano ~/.bash_profile ▐▌
█ (If you haven't created this file (.bash_profile) before it likely won't ▐▌
█ exist, it will be blank. By doing this you are actually creating it.) ▐▌
█ Then copy/paste the below in at the end of the file (if nothing is on the ▐▌
█ file just paste it in at the top): ▐▌
today=`date "+%m/%d"`
grep $today /usr/share/calendar/calendar.birthday
grep $today /usr/share/calendar/calendar.computer
grep $today /usr/share/calendar/calendar.history
grep $today /usr/share/calendar/calendar.lotr
grep $today /usr/share/calendar/calendar.music
█ Press keys Ctrl + x, then type in y to save the changes. ▐▌
█ Close Terminal and then relaunch it. It will show all dates from all ▐▌
█ those calendars selected that match today's Month/Day. You could even add ▐▌
█ your own important dates to any one of those files and or create your own. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Btw you can customize this MOTD in endless ways. View my MOTD tutorial ▐▌
█ HERE for Debian. Though not for Mac the concept applies much the same and ▐▌
█ will provide you with many ideas. Debian users could use these files ▐▌
█ Calendar files in the same manner too. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ PROPER NAMES: ▐▌
█ Need help thinking of a baby's name, well try this for a list of 1,323 ▐▌
█ mostly western names: ▐▌
█ For example you want a name that begins with St: ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/dict/propernames | grep An ▐▌
█ Anatole ▐▌
█ Anatoly ▐▌
█ Anderson ▐▌
█ Andre ▐▌
█ Andrea ▐▌
█ Andreas ▐▌
█ [snip] ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Click HERE to view file. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Two relic FreeBSD files can be found here: ▐▌
█ BIRTH TOKEN: ▐▌
█ This file list the birthstone and flower for each month. ▐▌
█ For example to view both the birthstone and the flower for January: ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/misc/birthtoken | grep Jan ▐▌
█ January:Garnet:Carnation ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Click HERE to view file. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ MEANING OF FLOWERS: ▐▌
█ To view the meaning of a sunflower for example: ▐▌
█ cat /usr/share/misc/flowers | grep -i Sunflower ▐▌
█ Sunflower:Haughtiness. ▐▌
█ Spoiler: Click HERE to view file. ▐▌
█ These files are actually a part of the text-based (played on terminal) ▐▌
█ classic game Quiz. To try to port these to Mac start HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ For Mac OS X Easter eggs, view my Easter Egg page left menu or click HERE. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
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█ If you find mistakes, have suggestions, and or questions please post at ▐▌
█ mewbies forum HERE - thank you. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Last update on 29 Apr '13 ▐▌
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