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NAME

       festival_client - client access to festiva; text-to-speech server mode

SYNOPSIS

       festival_client [options] [file0] [file1] ...

DESCRIPTION

       Allows sending commands and/or test to a festival test-to-speech server.  Festival may be started in server mode using the option --server

       festival-clinet	allows waveforms ot be generated faster as not time is required for start up.  See the festival manual for more details on
       recommended use.

OPTIONS

       --server <string>
	       hostname (or IP number) of server

       --port <int> {1314}
	       port number of server proces (1314)

       --output <string>
	       file to save output waveform to

       --otype <string> {nist}
	       output type for waveform

       --passwd <string>
	       server passwd in plain text (optional)

       --prolog <string>
	       filename containing commands to be sent to the server before standard commands (useful when using --ttw)

       --async Asychronous mode, server may send back multiple waveforms per text file

       --ttw   Text to waveform: take text from first arg or stdin get server to return waveform(s) stored in output or operated on by aucommand.

       --withlisp
	       Output lisp replies from server.

       --tts_mode <string>
	       TTS mode for file (default is fundamental).

       --aucommand <string>
	       command to be applied to each waveform retruned from server. Use $FILE in string to refer to waveform file

BUGS

       This still isn't as general as it should be.  It seems to require lots of special little options which suggests the general options  aren't
       right.

AUTHOR

       Alan W Black and Paul Taylor
       (C) Centre for Speech Technology Research
       University of Edinburgh
       80 South Bridge
       Edinburgh EH1 1HN
       http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival.html

								   1st Aug 1997 						       FESTIVAL(1)