Hmm ...guys I followed your instructions and my audio was totally scrambled .. pdftotext narcissus.pdf - | text2wave | lame - narcissus.mp3 Assuming raw pcm input file LAME version 3.96.1 (<a href="http://lame.sourceforge.net/">http://lame.sourceforge.net/</a>) CPU features: MMX (ASM used), 3DNow! (ASM used), SSE, SSE2 Using polyphase lowpass filter, transition band: 17249 Hz - 17782 Hz Encoding <stdin> to narcissus.mp3 Encoding as 44.1 kHz 128 kbps j-stereo MPEG-1 Layer III (11x) qval=3 Cannot load wavefile: /tmp/est_25056_00001 Any ideas? Cheers, Gert P.S. it sounds like a great feature ... <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Derek Broughton <<a href="mailto:news@pointerstop.ca">news@pointerstop.ca</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 23/03/2008, Jonas Norlander <<a href="mailto:jonorland@gmail.com">jonorland@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> 2008/3/22, Dotan Cohen <<a href="mailto:dotancohen@gmail.com">dotancohen@gmail.com</a>>: >> >> > In KPDF one can have the text spoken out loud. Is it possible to make >> > an MP3 recording of that? I'm thinking along the lines of a command >> > to run in Konsole that would take a PDF file as an argument and >> > output a MP3, but I don't know where to start. >> >> </div><div class="Ih2E3d">>> I don't know a way to do it from pdf to sound but you could pipe through >> pdftotext and use text2wave from Festival to record it with lame like >> this: pdftotext somefile.pdf - | text2wave | lame - somefile.mp3 >> Looks like it works ok. >> > > </div></blockquote></div> -- Dr Gert Gast Senior Lecturer, SAE Institute Byron Bay SAE Institute World Headquarters 373-391 Ewingsdale Road Byron Bay NSW 2481 Australia +61 (0)2 6639 6000 | Phone +61 (0)2 6685 6133 | Fax <a href="http://www.sae.edu">www.sae.edu</a> | Web <a href="mailto:ggast@sae.edu">ggast@sae.edu</a> | Mail AIM: cjervil | Chat National Provider Code: 0273 CRICOS Provider Code: NSW 00312F CONFIDENTIALITY CAUTION : This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and contains information that is privileged and confidential. If you, the reader of this message, are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return email and delete the original message. Thank you. ____________________________