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

# speech-dispatcher(1)

speech synthesis daemon

## NAME

speech-dispatcher - speech synthesis daemon

## SYNOPSIS

**speech-dispatcher** \[*-{d\|s}*\] \[*-l {1\|2\|3\|4\|5}*\] \[*-c com\_method*\] \[*-S socket\_path*\] \[*-p port*\] \[*-t timeout*\] *\|* \[*-v*\] *\|* \[*-h*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Speech Dispatcher **--** Common interface for Speech Synthesis (GNU GPL)

## OPTIONS

- **-d**, **--run-daemon**

  Run as a daemon

- **-s**, **--run-single**

  Run as single application

- **-a**, **--spawn**

  Start only if autospawn is not disabled

- **-l**, **--log-level**

  Set log level (between 1 and 5)

- **-L**, **--log-dir**

  Set path to logging

- **-c**, **--communication-method**

  Communication method to use ('unix\_socket' or 'inet\_socket')

- **-S**, **--socket-path**

  Socket path to use for 'unix\_socket' method (filesystem path or 'default')

- **-p**, **--port**

  Specify a port number for 'inet\_socket' method

- **-t**, **--timeout**

  Set time in seconds for the server to wait before it shuts down, if it has no clients connected. Setting to 0 disables such shutdown

- **-P**, **--pid-file**

  Set path to pid file

- **-C**, **--config-dir**

  Set path to configuration

- **-m**, **--module-dir**

  Set path to modules

- **-v**, **--version**

  Report version of this program

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

  Output debugging information into *$TMPDIR/speechd-debug* if TMPDIR is exported, otherwise to */tmp/speechd-debug*

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

  Print this info

Please report bugs to speechd-discuss@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 **speech-dispatcher** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the **info** and **speech-dispatcher** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

-

  **info speech-dispatcher**

should give you access to the complete manual.