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display latest news items:\n```bash\n./news-speaker.py\n```\n\nPolling mode - continuous monitoring with TTS and popup:\n```bash\n./news-speaker.py -p\n```\n\nFilter by source:\n```bash\n./news-speaker.py -s techmeme\n```\n\nCustom RSS URL or HTML page:\n```bash\n./news-speaker.py -u https://example.com/feed\n```\n\nStatistics - mean time between messages per source:\n```bash\n./news-speaker.py --stat\n```\n\nWord frequency analysis:\n```bash\n./news-speaker.py --word-freq\n```\n\n## Options\n\n- `-p, --poll` - polling mode, checks every 60 seconds\n- `-d, --debug` - enable debug output\n- `-s, --source` - filter by source name\n- `-u, --url` - RSS URL or HTML page\n- `-c, --config` - path to config file\n- `-D, --use-description` - include description in display and TTS\n- `-w, --width` - output width (default: MANWIDTH env or 110)\n- `--stat` - show mean time statistics for all sources\n- `--word-freq` - show word frequencies across all sources\n- `--no-tts` - disable TTS\n- `--audio-active` - 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