In Windows I can do these steps:
1. Open Notepad
2. Copy and Paste
CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice").Speak"Hello."
3. Save it as xyz.vbs
4. Run it/Open it
It will then speak "Hello". Is there something like this in Ubuntu?
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see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TextToSpeech – Avinash Raj Feb 11 '14 at 09:30
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yes you can, see the first answer in the above link. – Avinash Raj Feb 11 '14 at 09:41
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There is a link which will give detailed text to speech command line tools.
http://elinux.org/RPi_Text_to_Speech_%28Speech_Synthesis%29
The first speech package I tried was Festival. It worked fine and produces a voice like a rough sounding robot.
Festival Text to Speech
Install Festival with:
sudo apt-get install festival
Try out Festival with:
echo “Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?” | festival --tts
Espeak Text to Speech Espeak is a more modern speech synthesis package than Festival. It sounds clearer but does wail a little. If you are making an alien or a RPi witch then it’s the one for you! Seriously it is a good allrounder with great customisation options.
Install Espeak with:
sudo apt-get install espeak
Test Espeak with: English female voice, emphasis on capitals (-k), speaking slowly (-s) using direct text:-
espeak -ven+f3 -k5 -s150 "I've just picked up a fault in the AE35 unit"
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Install the espeak 
package. Then run in a terminal
espeak -v en "Hello"
To change the voice, please refer to the manpage. An excerpt from man espeak:
--voices[=<language code>]
Lists the available voices. If =<language code> is present then only
those voices which are suitable for that language are listed.
-v <voice name>
Use voice file of this name from espeak-data/voices
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@AvinashRaj Where is that requirement given in the question? And for this example he provided in Windows you'll need Visual Basic scripting and speech synthesis components installed. – gertvdijk Feb 11 '14 at 09:28
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