#!/bin/bash # NERDLETTER NUMBERS STATION MP4 GENERATOR — Letter-by-Letter Edition # Real cold-war numbers station pronunciation MESSAGE="$1" PAGE="$2" EPISODE="${3:-01}" OUTFILE="nerdletter_secret_${EPISODE}_page${PAGE}.mp4" echo "=== NERDLETTER SECRET TRANSMISSION #${EPISODE} ===" echo "Page ${PAGE} — Generating spoken MP4..." # === CRITICAL FIX: Convert groups to spaced letters for proper pronunciation === SPACED_MESSAGE=$(echo "$MESSAGE" | sed 's/\([A-Z]\)/\1 /g' | sed 's/ / /g') # Spoken announcement (clear and dramatic) TEXT_TO_SPEAK="NERDLETTER SECRET MESSAGE ${EPISODE}. USE DAY BOOK PAGE ${PAGE}. ${SPACED_MESSAGE}" echo "$TEXT_TO_SPEAK" | \ espeak-ng -ven+f3 -s105 -k40 -a 180 -w temp_voice.wav --punct="" 2>/dev/null # Video with retro green text ffmpeg -f lavfi -i color=black:s=1280x720:d=22 -c:v libx264 -t 22 -pix_fmt yuv420p temp_bg.mp4 -y ffmpeg -i temp_bg.mp4 -i temp_voice.wav \ -vf "drawtext=font='Courier':fontsize=52:fontcolor=green@0.95:text='NERDLETTER SECRET TRANSMISSION #${EPISODE}':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=80, \ drawtext=font='Courier':fontsize=38:fontcolor=green@0.85:text='USE DAY BOOK PAGE ${PAGE}':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=170, \ drawtext=font='Courier':fontsize=46:fontcolor=lime@0.95:text='${MESSAGE}':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=280:box=1:boxcolor=black@0.75:boxborderw=15, \ drawtext=font='Courier':fontsize=32:fontcolor=green@0.75:text='DESTROY PAGE AFTER USE — SUBSCRIBERS ONLY':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=640" \ -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -shortest "$OUTFILE" -y # Cleanup rm -f temp_voice.wav temp_bg.mp4 echo "✅ Done! → ${OUTFILE}" echo "Now each group should be spoken letter-by-letter like a real numbers station."