say
From Mac Guides
say is a Terminal command used to render text into audible speech using the Speech Synthesis manager. The output may optionally be saved to a AIFF file.
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Examples
To say "Hello, how are you today?" in the default voice
say "Hello, how are you today?"
To say a phrase using the Hysterical voice
say -v "Hysterical" "What? You still use windows XP?"
To read the say man page in the default voice (ctrl-c will quit it)
man say | say
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Man Page Excerpt
This tool uses the Speech Synthesis manager to convert input text to audible speech and either play it through the sound output device cho- sen in System Preferences or save it to an AIFF file.
