diff --git a/bin/festival_write_wav b/bin/festival_write_wav
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/festival_write_wav
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+file=$1
+
+eval "cat $file |\
+text2wave - -o $2"
+
+
+