community.general.say – Makes a computer to speak.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.5.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.say.

Synopsis

  • makes a computer speak! Amuse your friends, annoy your coworkers!

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • say or espeak or espeak-ng

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
msg
string / required
What to say
voice
string
What voice to use

Notes

Note

  • In 2.5, this module has been renamed from osx_say to community.general.say.

  • If you like this module, you may also be interested in the osx_say callback plugin.

  • A list of available voices, with language, can be found by running say -v ? on a OSX host and espeak --voices on a Linux host.

Examples

- name: Makes a computer to speak
  community.general.say:
    msg: '{{ inventory_hostname }} is all done'
    voice: Zarvox
  delegate_to: localhost

Authors

  • Ansible Core Team

  • Michael DeHaan (@mpdehaan)