#sudo apt-get install flite
zcat /usr/share/doc/flite/examples/alice.gz |\
  fmt -t -w 1000 |\
  sed -E "s/(\)|;|:|!')/\1\n/g" |\
  sed -E 's/(\(|`)/\n\1/g' |\
  sed -E 's/\*|_|`//g' |\
  while read line ; do 
    echo $line;  
    flite --setf int_f0_target_mean=200 --setf int_f0_target_stddev=50 --setf duration_stretch=.8  -o "play" -t "$line" 
  done