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espeak(1)							   User Commands							 espeak(1)

NAME
espeak - a compact open source software speech synthesizer SYNOPSIS
espeak [option...] [words] DESCRIPTION
espeak is a compact open source software speech synthesizer. It can run as a command line program to speak text from a file or from stdin. Main features of espeak: * Includes different voices, whose characteristics can be altered. * Can produce speech output as a WAV file. * Supports SSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language - not complete) * Supports HTML. * Is compact in size. * Can translate text to phoneme codes, so it could be adapted as a front end for another speech synthesis engine. * Is written in C++. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: -a integer Amplitude as an integer in the range from 0 to 200, default is 100. -b Input text is 8-bit encoded. -f text_file Speak text from text_file. -g integer Specify the word gap, or the pause between words, as an integer. Units of 10mS at the default speed. -k integer Indicate how to speak capital letters as an integer. The argument can have the following values: 1=sound, 2=the word "capitals", higher values=a pitch increase (try -k 20). -l integer Line length as an integer. If not zero (which is the default), consider lines less than this length as end-of- clause. -m Interpret SSML markup, and ignore other < > tags. -p integer Pitch adjustment as an integer in the range from 0 to 99, default is 50. -q Quiet, do not produce any speech (may be useful with -x). -s integer Speed as an integer meaning words per minute. Values can be from 80 to 370, default is 170. -v voice_file Use specified voice_file. -w filename Write output to the specified filename, in WAV format, rather than speaking it directly. -x Write phoneme mnemonics to stdout. -X Write phonemes mnemonics and translation trace to stdout. -z No final sentence pause at the end of the text. --compile=voice_name Compile the pronunciation rules and dictionary in the current directory. The voice_name value is optional and spec- ifies which language to use. --punct="characters" Speak the names of punctuation characters while speaking. If the characters value is omitted, all punctuation is spoken. --split=minutes Starts a new WAV file every minutes. Used with -w. --stdin Read text input from stdin instead of a file. --stdout Write speech output to stdout. --voices=language List the available voices for the specified language. If language is omitted, then list all voices. FILES
The following files are used by espeak: /usr/lib/libespeak.so Library for espeak speech synthesis /usr/share/espeak-data Directory of voice language and data files ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWespeak | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |Volatile | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ NOTES
espeak was written by Jonathan Duddington. SEE ALSO
orca(1), libespeak(3), libgnomespeech(3), attributes(5) Additional information is available from the following site: http://espeak.sourceforge.net/ SunOS 5.11 20 Aug 2008 espeak(1)
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