#Copyright (c) 2009-10, Walter Bender, Tony Forster

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#of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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#
# This procedure is invoked when the user-definable block on the "extras"
# palette is selected.

def myblock(lc, x):

    ###########################################################################
    #
    # Text to speech
    #
    ###########################################################################

    import os

    # Turtle Art numbers are passed as float,
    # but they may be integer values.
    if type(x) == float and int(x) == x:
        x = int(x)

    os.system('espeak "%s" --stdout | aplay' % (x))