Section 1 · User commands

spd-say.1

Package: speech-dispatcher-utils

SPD-SAY

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO

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.