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NAME

       spd-say - send text-to-speech output request to speech-dispatcher

SYNOPSIS

       spd-say [options] "some text"

DESCRIPTION

       spd-say	sends text-to-speech output request to speech-dispatcher process which handles it and ideally outputs the result to the audio sys-
       tem.

OPTIONS

       -r, --rate
	      Set the rate of the speech (between -100 and +100, default: 0)

       -p, --pitch
	      Set the pitch of the speech (between -100 and +100, default: 0)

       -i, --volume
	      Set the volume (intensity) of the speech (between -100 and +100, default: 0)

       -o, --output-module
	      Set the output module

       -l, --language
	      Set the language (iso code)

       -t, --voice-type
	      Set the preferred voice type (male1, male2, male3, female1, female2, female3, child_male, child_female)

       -m, --punctuation-mode
	      Set the punctuation mode (none, some, all)

       -s, --spelling
	      Spell the message

       -x, --ssml
	      Set SSML mode on (default: off)

       -e, --pipe-mode
	      Pipe from stdin to stdout plus Speech Dispatcher

       -P, --priority
	      Set priority of the message (important, message, text, notification, progress; default: text)

       -N, --application-name
	      Set the application name used to establish the connection to specified string value (default: spd-say)

       -n, --connection-name
	      Set the connection name used to establish the connection to specified string value (default: main)

       -w, --wait
	      Wait till the message is spoken or discarded

       -S, --stop
	      Stop speaking the message being spoken in Speech Dispatcher

       -C, --cancel
	      Cancel all messages in Speech Dispatcher

       -v, --version
	      Print version and copyright info

       -h, --help
	      Print this info

ENVIRONMENT

       SPEECHD_ADDRESS
	      specifies TCP endpoint where speech-dispatcher is listening and to which spd-say should connect.	Has  form  of  <method>:<address>,
	      where  <method> is one of unix_socket and inet_socket.  The <address> is either path to Unix domain socket if method is unix_socket,
	      of IP address if method is inet_socket.

SEE ALSO

       speech-dispatcher(1)

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

	      info spd-say

       should give you access to the complete manual.

spd-say 0.7.1							    March 2011								SPD-SAY(1)