import socket, string, os, re, time

#some user data, change as per your taste
SERVER = 'irc.freenode.net'
PORT = 6667
NICKNAME = 'MsgToSpeech'
CHANNEL = '#itunix-eu'

#open a socket to handle the connection
IRC = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

#open a connection with the server
def irc_conn():
    IRC.connect((SERVER, PORT))

#simple function to send data through the socket
def send_data(command):
    IRC.send(command + '\n')

#join the channel
def join(channel):
    send_data("JOIN %s" % channel)

#send login data (customizable)
def login(nickname, username='user', password = None, realname='Pythonist', hostname='Helena', servername='Server'):
    send_data("USER %s %s %s %s" % (username, hostname, servername, realname))
    send_data("NICK " + nickname)

irc_conn()
login(NICKNAME)
join(CHANNEL)

while (1):
    buffer = IRC.recv(1024)
    msg = string.split(buffer)

    if msg [1] == 'PRIVMSG':
        message = ' '.join(msg[3:])
        print message
	os.system('espeak -v en "{0}" --stdout | aplay  2>/dev/null >/dev/null'.format(message)) #speech this!