SPD-SAY

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: January 2021
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NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

lt-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@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.