REALbasic speak equivalent for Linux

Question

I have a number of small REAL Studio apps that use the Speak keyword on Windows and Mac to output single words or short phrases.

Can anyone recommend a way of emulating this on Linux versions of the app, either with a shell command or a Soft declare?

These apps are for family use only so I can install free software on Ubuntu if necessary.

Answer 1

Festival is a TTS application available on many Linux distros.

Answer 2

Real Studio 2012 Release 2 added support for the Speak command on Linux.

http://docs.realsoftware.com/index.php/Speak