diff --git a/slave/textToSpeechServer.js b/slave/textToSpeechServer.js
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+var spawn = require('child_process').spawn,
+  echo    = spawn('echo', ['just what do you think you are doing Dave?']),
+  festival  = spawn('festival', ['--tts']);
+
+echo.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
+  festival.stdin.write(data);
+});
+
+echo.stderr.on('data', function (data) {
+  console.log('echo stderr: ' + data);
+});
+
+echo.on('close', function (code) {
+  if (code !== 0) {
+    console.log('echo process exited with code ' + code);
+  }
+  festival.stdin.end();
+});
+
+festival.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
+  console.log('' + data);
+});
+
+festival.stderr.on('data', function (data) {
+  console.log('festival stderr: ' + data);
+});
+
+festival.on('close', function (code) {
+  if (code !== 0) {
+    console.log('festival process exited with code ' + code);
+  }
+});
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