I will assume that you will need a a dedicated shell Audio I/O app for platform independence.
So I will suggest SOX...
I have to assume also that this is some _homework_ style project, but not necessarily so.
OK.
Think of your problem...
Keep it simple...
I am not going to give you the code directly as you learn nothing about what is going on...
Code:
1) Generate a function, let us call it "say_it()"
2) inside the function call SOX somehow to play your *.wav file. Something like this:-
say_it()
{
/full/absolute/path/to/sox <your player options> somefile.wav
}
3) Use if - then - fi to call it something like this:-
number="one"
if [ "$number" == "one" ]
then
# Your new function...
say_it
fi
All "case"s can be catered for this way and this is its simplest and easiest to understand form, albeit slow...
Next try and make the function universal by making "somefile.wav" a variable...
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LEARN ABOUT MOJAVE
esdsample
esdsample(1) User Commands esdsample(1)NAME
esdsample - play a sample
SYNOPSIS
esdsample [-s hostname:port] [-b] [-d] [-e] [-h] [-m] [-r freq] samplename
DESCRIPTION
The esdsample utility plays a sample using the Enlighted Sound Daemon (esd).
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-s hostname:portContact the esd server on hostname at port.
-b Specify that the output should be in 8-bit format. By default, the output is in 16-bit format.
-d Play the sample from file as raw data. The default behavior is to read the data from a sound file (.wav, .au, and so on).
If this option is chosen, samplename is the name of a file.
-e Play the sample from the esd cache. If this option is chosen, samplename is the name of the sample in the cache.
-h Display help text, and exit.
-m Specify that the output should be in mono format. By default, the output is in stereo format.
-r freq Specify that the output rate should be set to freq. By default, the output rate is set to 44.1 kHz.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
samplename The name of the sample to be played. If the -e option is used, samplename is the esd cache name. Otherwise, samplename is
a filename.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Playing a sample from a file
example% esdsample generic.wav
Example 2: Playing a sample from the esd cache
example% esdsample -e esdctl:generic.wav
(where esdctl:generic.wav is the cache name)
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/esdsample Executable for Enlightened Sound Daemon sound sampler.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-audio |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO esdcat(1), esdmon(1), esdplay(1), esdrec(1), esdctl(1), esd-config(1), libesd(3)NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003.
SunOS 5.10 8 Jan 2003 esdsample(1)