speech-dispatcher(1) [debian man page]

SPEECH-DISPATCHER(1)						   User Commands					      SPEECH-DISPATCHER(1)

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)

SPD-SAY(1)							   User Commands							SPD-SAY(1)

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)