H E L P M E

#!/bin/bash

# Pick a voice
voices=( $(say -v '?' | grep -E 'en_[A-Z]{2}' | cut -d ' ' -f1) )
len=${#voices[@]}
rand=$((RANDOM % $len))
voice=${voices[$rand]}

# Osascript strings
vol='(get volume settings)'
set='set volume output'

# Save volume and mute
level=$(osascript -e "output volume of $vol")
muted=$(osascript -e "output muted of $vol")

# Yell it
osascript -e "$set volume 100"
osascript -e "$set muted false"
say "-v$voice" "help me"

# Reset volume & mute
osascript -e "$set volume $level"
osascript -e "$set muted $muted"