I Want My Mac To Talk

Question

Hey,
I have a very specific question: How can I make my mac say goodnight when it puts itself to sleep? I've heard of this being done, and I would like to try it myself. I played with a bunch of settings in the "Universal Access" and "VoiceOver" menus, but I couldn't get it to just say things for certain commands. I don't want it to tell me what window and option my cursor is over; I just want it to whisper a specific phrase when it goes to sleep. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

it would be easier to use terminal. Witch can be found in the utilities folder in applications. In the terminal if you type "say bob" the computer will say "bob."
You can also use Automator to do the same thing. Just chose workflow type application. drag the "Run Shell Script" to the workflow. Replace the word "cat" with "say bob." You can use the file menu to "Save As" the file to your desktop.
Now you have a program on your desktop you can double click on to make your computer say "bob."
You could also replace cat with:
say good night
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events"' -e 'Sleep' -e 'end tell'
now you have an application that when double clicked says "good night" and then shuts down the computer