SPD-SAY(1)

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 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 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.