Repost of the script I put up in the "Text2Speech" thread:http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...7&postcount=16

Description: Reads whatever is in the cut buffer, out loud.
Depends: osso-statusbar-cpu (to launch it), xclip (attached to the post I linked), libxmu6
the script:
#!/bin/sh

DISPLAY=:0 flite "$(xclip -o)"

#-John