diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index a18687ac79fb..7e7218e7d2a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        cxx: [g++-4.8, g++-8, g++-10, clang++-9]
+        cxx: [g++-4.8, g++-10, clang++-9]
         build_type: [Debug, Release]
         std: [11]
         os: [ubuntu-18.04]
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
             os: ubuntu-18.04
           - cxx: g++-8
             std: 14
+            install: sudo apt install g++-8
             os: ubuntu-18.04
           - cxx: g++-10
             std: 17
diff --git a/include/fmt/os.h b/include/fmt/os.h
index 680ada4cbb34..3127b9b049ea 100644
--- a/include/fmt/os.h
+++ b/include/fmt/os.h
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ FMT_API void report_windows_error(int error_code,
                                   string_view message) FMT_NOEXCEPT;
 #endif  // _WIN32
 
+template <typename S, typename... Args, typename Char = char_t<S>>
+void say(const S& format_str, Args&&... args) {
+  std::system(format("say \"{}\"", format(format_str, args...)).c_str());
+}
+
 // A buffered file.
 class buffered_file {
  private: