speak selection Linux

#!/bin/sh

# Determine the clipboard command based on the session type
if [ "$XDG_SESSION_TYPE" = "wayland" ]; then
  clip_cmd="wl-paste --primary --no-newline"
else
  clip_cmd="xclip -o"
fi

# Temporary file for clipboard content
temp_file="/tmp/clip.txt"

# Retrieve clipboard content and replace newlines with ,,,
$clip_cmd | sed -z 's/\n/,,,/g' > "$temp_file"

# Check if the temporary file was created successfully
if [ ! -f "$temp_file" ]; then
  notify-send "Failed to retrieve clipboard content."
  exit 1
fi

# Read the temporary file, escape special characters, and pass to SpeechNote
cat "$temp_file" | sed 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/\\&/g' | xargs flatpak run net.mkiol.SpeechNote --action start-reading-text --text

# Clean up the temporary file
rm "$temp_file"