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NAME

       speech-dispatcher - server process managing speech requests in Speech Dispatcher

SYNOPSIS

       speech-dispatcher [-{d|s}] [-l {1|2|3|4|5}] [-c com_method] [-S socket_path] [-p port] | [-v] | [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       speech-dispatcher  is  a server process that is responsible for transforming requests for text-to-speech output into actual speech hearable
       in the speakers. It arbitrates concurrent speech requests based on message priorities, and abstracts different speech synthesizers.  Client
       programs, like screen readers or navigation software, send speech requests to speech-dispatcher using TCP protocol (with the help of client
       libraries).  speech-dispatcher is usually started automatically by client libraries (i.e. autospawn), so you only need to run  it  manually
       if testing/debugging, or when in other explicit need for a special setup.

OPTIONS

       -d, --run-daemon
	      Run as a daemon

       -s, --run-single
	      Run as single application

       -a, --spawn
	      Start only if autospawn is not disabled

       -l, --log-level
	      Set log level (1..5)

       -c, --communication-method
	      Communication  method  to use (unix_socket or inet_socket) -S, --socket-path Socket path to use for 'unix_socket' method (filesystem
	      path or 'default')

       -p, --port
	      Specify a port number for 'inet_socket' method

       -P, --pid-file
	      Set path to pid file

       -C, --config-dir
	      Set path to configuration

       -v, --version
	      Report version of this program

       -D, --debug
	      Output debugging information into /tmp/.speech-dispatcher

       -h, --help
	      Print this info

BUGS

       Please report bugs to <speechd-bugs@freebsoft.org>

SEE ALSO

       spd-say(1)

       The full documentation for speech-dispatcher is maintained as a Texinfo manual.	If the info and speech-dispatcher  programs  are  properly
       installed at your site, the command

	      info speech-dispatcher

       should give you access to the complete manual.

speech-dispatcher 0.7.1 					    March 2011						      SPEECH-DISPATCHER(1)