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spd-say: send text-to-speech output request to speech-dispatcher

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.