diff --git a/scripts/translate.sh b/scripts/translate.sh
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+++ b/scripts/translate.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -eo pipefail
+
+#input file should be
+#filename_withou_ext;text to be TTS
+
+OUTDIR=out
+
+
+while read -r input
+do
+    STRINGNUM=0
+    SHORTTMP=
+    filename=$(echo $input| cut -d ";" -f 1)
+    filename=${filename}.wav
+    text=$(echo $input| cut -d ";" -f 2)
+    echo "TTS $text into $filename"
+    ary=($text)
+    for key in "${!ary[@]}" 
+    do
+        SHORTTMP[$STRINGNUM]="${SHORTTMP[$STRINGNUM]} ${ary[$key]}"
+        LENGTH=$(echo ${#SHORTTMP[$STRINGNUM]})
+        #echo "word:$key, ${ary[$key]}"
+        #echo "adding to: $STRINGNUM"
+        if [[ "$LENGTH" -lt "100" ]]; then
+            #echo starting new line
+            SHORT[$STRINGNUM]=${SHORTTMP[$STRINGNUM]}
+        else
+            STRINGNUM=$(($STRINGNUM+1))
+            SHORTTMP[$STRINGNUM]="${ary[$key]}"
+            SHORT[$STRINGNUM]="${ary[$key]}"
+        fi
+    done
+
+    for key in "${!SHORT[@]}"
+    do
+        #echo "line: $key is: ${SHORT[$key]}"
+
+        echo "Playing line: $(($key+1)) of $(($STRINGNUM+1))"
+        NEXTURL=$(echo ${SHORT[$key]} | xxd -plain | tr -d '\n' | sed 's/\(..\)/%\1/g')
+
+        script -q -c "mpg123 -q \"http://translate.google.com/translate_tts?ie=UTF-8&client=tw-ob&q=$NEXTURL&tl=fr\" --wav tts.wav --stereo"<<ENDDOC /dev/null
+ENDDOC
+        sox tts.wav -r 48000 -c 1 -b 16 tts_48000.wav
+        sox -v 1.5 tts_48000.wav $OUTDIR/$filename
+    done
+
+    echo "---------------"
+done < "$1"