spd-say (1) Linux Manual Page

NAME

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-dispatcher

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)

-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.

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