---
name: "spd-conf"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3-speechd"
version: "0.12.0-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/spd-conf"
---

# spd-conf(1)

configure Speech Dispatcher and diagnose problems

## NAME

spd-conf - configure Speech Dispatcher and diagnose problems

## DESCRIPTION

usage: spd-conf \[-h\] \[-u\] \[-c\] \[-C\] \[-d\] \[-s\] \[--test-festival\]

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  \[--test-espeak\] \[--test-alsa\] \[--test-pulse\] \[-e\] \[-n\] \[-D\] \[--version\]

A simple tool for basic configuration of Speech Dispatcher and problem diagnostics

### options:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **-u**, **--create-user-conf**

  Create Speech Dispatcher configuration for the given user

- **-c**, **--config-basic-settings-user**

  Configure basic settings in user configuration

- **-C**, **--config-basic-settings-system**

  Configure basic settings in system-wide configuration

- **-d**, **--diagnostics**

  Diagnose problems with the current setup

- **-s**, **--test-spd-say**

  Test connection to Speech Dispatcher using spd-say

- **--test-festival**

  Test whether Festival works as a server

- **--test-espeak**

  Test whether Espeak works as a standalone binary

- **--test-alsa**

  Test ALSA audio output

- **--test-pulse**

  Test Pulse Audio output

- **-e**, **--espeak**

  Use espeak to synthesize messages

- **-n**, **--dont-ask**

  Do not ask any questions, always use default values

- **-D**, **--debug**

  Debug a problem and generate a report

- **--version**

  Print version and copyright info

## 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.