Dictate
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Dictate is an eSpeak based dictation program.
It reads a text slowly, allowing users to write it. Also can pause the
dictation, spell difficult words and identify punctuation marks.

Dependencies
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* Python 2.7
* Gstreamer 1.0 (and plugins-good)
    -- See branch "gstreamer-0.10" for backward compatibility.
* eSpeak
* Gettext (and Python bindings)

Build Dependencies
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* Distutils
* Sphinx

Installing Dictate from its source code
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First, download the source code and cd into the source directory.
Then, type:
     ./setup.py install

Using Dictate without installing
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The program can be used without installing it, through building it first:
    ./setup.py build

In local installations, the command dictate is replaced with ./dictate.

Using Dictate
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Use: dictate "your text here"  -- to dictate the given text.
     dictate /path/to/file.txt -- to read the text from a file.
     dictate --help -- to see a complete reference for each argument.