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Go Say

You write it, we say it.

Learning goals

Use of "os/exec" to both run and manage an external Text to Speech program and to play the output from the host's audio card
- Use of os.Pipe
Use of https://github.com/spf13/viper and https://github.com/spf13/cobra
Queue structure for TTS
Cancel context for os.CommandCtx operations
Packaging a golang binary into a .deb archive for amd64 and arm64

gosay "will say this text": Uses Piper TTS and aplay to read the argument aloud
- arg -m || -model: use provided model by name or path. Assumed model config resides next to model
echo "Will also say this text" | gosay: Same as above but reading from stdin
gosay list models: Prints a list of available models sourced from piper project. Should print an * for models already present in model directory
gosay list models --installed: Prints a list of models present in the user's GOSAY_MODELS directory. Defaults to ${HOME}/.config/gosay/model gosay download model <model name>: Downloads the piper model and .config file from piper to GOSAY_MODELS directroy gosay set-default <model name>: Sets model as default model and persists setting to ${HOME}/.config/gosay/config.json gosay server -port 6543: Starts an HTTP server on port (default 6543) gosay check: Checks that all dependencies and configuration are setup. If an error occurs a helpful message is printed to the console for the user.