---
name: "festival_client"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "festival"
version: "1:2.5.0-11"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/festival_client"
---

# festival\_client(1)

client access to festiva; text-to-speech server mode

## NAME

festival\_client - client access to festiva; text-to-speech server mode

## SYNOPSIS

**festival\_client** *\[options\]* *\[file0\]* *\[file1\]* *...*

## DESCRIPTION

Allows sending commands and/or test to a festival test-to-speech server.  Festival may be started in server mode using the option  **--server**

festival-client allows waveforms to be generated faster as not time is required for start up.  See the festival manual for more details on recommended use.

## OPTIONS

- **--server** *\<string\>*

  hostname (or IP number) of server

- **--port** *\<int\>* **{1314}**

  port number of server process (1314)

- **--output** *\<string\>*

  file to save output waveform to

- **--otype** *\<string\>* **{riff}**

  output type for waveform

- **--passwd** *\<string\>*

  server passwd in plain text (optional)

- **--prolog** *\<string\>*

  filename containing commands to be sent  to the server before standard commands  (useful when using --ttw)

- **--async**

  Asynchronous mode, server may send back  multiple waveforms per text file

- **--ttw**

  Text to waveform: take text from first  arg or stdin get server to return  waveform(s) stored in output or operated  on by aucommand.

- **--withlisp**

  Output lisp replies from server.

- **--tts\_mode** *\<string\>*

  TTS mode for file (default is fundamental).

- **--aucommand** *\<string\>*

  command to be applied to each  waveform retruned from server. Use $FILE  in string to refer to waveform file

## BUGS

This still isn't as general as it should be.  It seems to require lots of special little options which suggests the general options aren't right.

## AUTHOR

Alan W Black and Paul Taylor\
 (C) Centre for Speech Technology Research\
 University of Edinburgh\
 80 South Bridge\
 Edinburgh EH1 1HN\
 http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival.html