spd-say (1) Linux Manual Page
spd-say – send text-to-speech output request to speech-dispatcher
Synopsis
spd-say [,options/] ,"some text"/Description
send text-to-speech output request to speech-dispatcherOptions
- -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)
- -R, –pitch-range
- Set the pitch range 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
- -O, –list-output-modules
- Get the list of output modules
- -I, –sound-icon
- Play the sound icon
- -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)
- -L, –list-synthesis-voices
- Get the list of synthesis voices
- -y, –synthesis-voice
- Set the synthesis voice
- -c, –character
- Speak the character
- -k, –key
- Speak the key
- -m, –punctuation-mode
- Set the punctuation mode (none, some, most, 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
- -C, –cancel
- Cancel all messages
- -v, –version
- Print version and copyright info
- -h, –help
- Print this info
Please report bugs to speechd-discuss [at] nongnu.org
Copyright
Copyright © 2002-2012 Brailcom, o.p.s.This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. Please see COPYING for more details.
See Also
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.