spd-say(1) [debian man page]

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)

ESPEAK(1)						      General Commands Manual							 ESPEAK(1)

NAME

       espeak - A multi-lingual software speech synthesizer.

SYNOPSIS

       espeak [options] [<words>]

DESCRIPTION

       espeak is a software speech synthesizer for English, and some other languages.

OPTIONS

       -h     Show summary of options.

       -f <text file>
	      Text file to speak

       --stdin
	      Read text input from stdin instead of a file

       If neither -f nor --stdin, <words> are spoken, or if none then text is spoken from stdin, each line separately.

       -q     Quiet, don't produce any speech (may be useful with -x)

       -a <integer>
	      Amplitude, 0 to 20, default is 10

       -l <integer>
	      Line length. If not zero (which is the default), consider lines less than this length as and-of-clause

       -p <integer>
	      Pitch adjustment, 0 to 99, default is 50

       -s <integer>
	      Speed in words per minute, default is 160

       -v <voice name>
	      Use voice file of this name from espeak-data/voices

       -b     Input text is 8-bit encoding

       -m     Indicates that the text contains SSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language) tags or other XML tags. Those SSML tags which are supported
	      are interpreted. Other tags, including HTML, are ignored, except that some HTML tags such as <hr> <h2> and <li> ensure  a  break	in
	      the speech.

       -w <wave file name>
	      Write output to this WAV file, rather than speaking it directly

       -x     Write phoneme mnemonics to stdout

       -X     Write  phonemes  mnemonics  and  translation trace to stdout. If rules files have been built with --compile=debug, line numbers will
	      also be displayed.

       --stdout
	      Write speech output to stdout

       --compile=<voice name>
	      Compile the pronunciation rules and dictionary in the current directory. =<voice name> is optional and specifies which language

       --path=<path>
	      Specifies the directory containing the espeak-data directory

       --phonout=<filename>
	      Write output from -x -X commands and mbrola phoneme data to this file

       --punct="<characters>"
	      Speak the names of punctuation characters during speaking. If =<characters> is omitted, all punctuation is spoken.

       -k <integer>
	      Indicate capital letters with: 1=sound, 2=the word "capitals", higher values = a pitch increase (try -k20).

       --voices[=<language code>]
	      Lists the available voices. If =<language code> is present then only those voices which are suitable for that language are listed.

       --compile=voicename
	      Compile the pronunciation rules and dictionary in the current directory. =<voice name> is optional and specifies which language

       --compile=debug
	      Compile the pronunciation rules and dictionary in the current directory as above, but include line numbers, that get shown  when	-X
	      is used.

AUTHOR

       eSpeak  was  written  by  Jonathan  Duddington  <jonsd@jsd.clara.co.uk>. The webpage for this package can be found at http://espeak.source-
       forge.net/.

       This manual page was written by Luke Yelavich <themuso@ubuntu.com>, for the Ubuntu project (but may be used by others).

								   July 25, 2007							 ESPEAK(1)