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
-
Read text to be spoken on stdin, write it on stdout unchanged, and the
corresponding speech through 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 [email protected]
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.