diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+twitterConfig.json
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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+# twitterReader
+twitter reader assistant written in Go lang
+
+uses festival for the text to speech features
+
+
+to execute
+```
+./twitterReader
+```
+
+install festival
+```
+sudo apt-get install festival festvox-kallpc16k
+```
+install spanish
+```
+sudo apt-get install festvox-ellpc11k
+```
+install catalan voice
+```
+sudo add-apt-repository ppa:zeehio/festcat
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install festival-ca festvox-ca-ona-hts festcat-utils
+```
+
+needs the twitter account tokens in the file twitterConfig.json
+```json
+{
+    "username": "account_name",
+    "consumer_key": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
+    "consumer_secret": "xxxxxxxxxxx",
+    "access_token_key": "xxxxxxxxxx",
+    "access_token_secret": "xxxxxxx"
+}
+
+```
diff --git a/color.go b/color.go
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+++ b/color.go
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//Color struct, defines the color
+type Color struct{}
+
+var c Color
+
+//DarkGray color
+func (c Color) DarkGray(t string) {
+	fmt.Print("\x1b[30;1m") //dark gray
+	fmt.Println(t)
+	fmt.Print("\x1b[0m") //defaultColor
+}
+
+//Red color
+func (c Color) Red(t string) {
+	fmt.Print("\x1b[31;1m") //red
+	fmt.Println(t)
+	fmt.Print("\x1b[0m") //defaultColor
+}
+
+//Green color
+func (c Color) Green(t string) {
+	fmt.Print("\x1b[32;1m") //green
+	fmt.Println(t)
+	fmt.Print("\x1b[0m") //defaultColor
+}
+
+//Yellow color
+func (c Color) Yellow(t string) {
+	fmt.Print("\x1b[33;1m") //yellow
+	fmt.Println(t)
+	fmt.Print("\x1b[0m") //defaultColor
+}
+
+//Blue color
+func (c Color) Blue(t string) {
+	fmt.Print("\x1b[34;1m") //blue
+	fmt.Println(t)
+	fmt.Print("\x1b[0m") //defaultColor
+}
+
+//Purple color
+func (c Color) Purple(t string) {
+	fmt.Print("\x1b[35;1m") //purple
+	fmt.Println(t)
+	fmt.Print("\x1b[0m") //defaultColor
+}
+
+//Cyan color
+func (c Color) Cyan(t string) {
+	fmt.Print("\x1b[36;1m") //cyan
+	fmt.Println(t)
+	fmt.Print("\x1b[0m") //defaultColor
+}
diff --git a/festival.go b/festival.go
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+++ b/festival.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func festivalEn(text string) {
+	path, err := exec.LookPath("festival")
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	festival := exec.Command(path, "--tts")
+	reader := strings.NewReader(text)
+	festival.Stdin = reader
+	err = festival.Run()
+}
+
+func festivalCa(text string) {
+	out, err := exec.Command("bash", "readCa.sh", text).Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("error")
+	}
+	fmt.Println(string(out))
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
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+++ b/main.go
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+package main
+
+func main() {
+	c.Cyan("hi")
+	client := readConfigTokensAndConnect()
+	tweets := getTimeline(client)
+	for i := 0; i < len(tweets); i++ {
+		c.Cyan(tweets[i].User.ScreenName + ": " + tweets[i].Text)
+		c.Green(tweets[i].Lang)
+		if tweets[i].Lang == "en" {
+			festivalEn(tweets[i].User.ScreenName + ": " + tweets[i].Text)
+		} else {
+			festivalCa(tweets[i].User.ScreenName + ": " + tweets[i].Text)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/readCa.sh b/readCa.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/readCa.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+festcat_llegeix <<< $1
diff --git a/readConfigTokensAndConnect.go b/readConfigTokensAndConnect.go
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+++ b/readConfigTokensAndConnect.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+
+	"github.com/dghubble/go-twitter/twitter"
+	"github.com/dghubble/oauth1"
+)
+
+//Config stores the data from json twitterConfig.json file
+type Config struct {
+	ConsumerKey       string `json:"consumer_key"`
+	ConsumerSecret    string `json:"consumer_secret"`
+	AccessTokenKey    string `json:"access_token_key"`
+	AccessTokenSecret string `json:"access_token_secret"`
+}
+
+func readConfigTokensAndConnect() (client *twitter.Client) {
+	var config Config
+	file, e := ioutil.ReadFile("twitterConfig.json")
+	if e != nil {
+		fmt.Println("error:", e)
+	}
+	content := string(file)
+	json.Unmarshal([]byte(content), &config)
+	fmt.Println("twitterConfig.json read comlete")
+
+	fmt.Print("connecting to twitter api --> ")
+	configu := oauth1.NewConfig(config.ConsumerKey, config.ConsumerSecret)
+	token := oauth1.NewToken(config.AccessTokenKey, config.AccessTokenSecret)
+	httpClient := configu.Client(oauth1.NoContext, token)
+	// twitter client
+	client = twitter.NewClient(httpClient)
+
+	fmt.Println("connection successfull")
+
+	return client
+}
diff --git a/readEs.sh b/readEs.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/readEs.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+festcat_llegeix <<< $1
diff --git a/timeline.go b/timeline.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/timeline.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/dghubble/go-twitter/twitter"
+)
+
+func getTimeline(client *twitter.Client) []twitter.Tweet {
+	homeTimelineParams := &twitter.HomeTimelineParams{
+		Count: 4,
+	}
+	tweets, _, _ := client.Timelines.HomeTimeline(homeTimelineParams)
+	return (tweets)
+}
diff --git a/twitterReader b/twitterReader
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diff --git a/waitTime.go b/waitTime.go
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+++ b/waitTime.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func waitMinutes(minutes int) {
+	//wait to avoid the twitter api limitation
+	timeToSleep := time.Duration(minutes) * time.Minute
+	fmt.Println("waiting " + strconv.Itoa(minutes) + " min")
+	fmt.Println(time.Now().Local())
+	time.Sleep(timeToSleep)
+}
+func waitSeconds(seconds int) {
+	//wait to avoid the twitter api limitation
+	timeToSleep := time.Duration(seconds) * time.Second
+	fmt.Println("waiting " + strconv.Itoa(seconds) + " seconds")
+	fmt.Println(time.Now().Local())
+	time.Sleep(timeToSleep)
+}