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SPD-SAY(1)			 User Commands			    SPD-SAY(1)

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

SYNOPSIS
       spd-say [options] "some text"

DESCRIPTION
       spd-say	 sends	text-to-speech	output	request	 to  speech-dispatcher
       process which handles it and ideally outputs the result	to  the	 audio
       system.

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)

       -i, --volume
	      Set the volume (intensity) of the speech (between -100 and +100,
	      default: 0)

       -o, --output-module
	      Set the output module

       -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)

       -m, --punctuation-mode
	      Set the punctuation mode (none, some, 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, notifica‐
	      tion, 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 in Speech Dispatcher

       -C, --cancel
	      Cancel all messages in Speech Dispatcher

       -v, --version
	      Print version and copyright info

       -h, --help
	      Print this info

ENVIRONMENT
       SPEECHD_ADDRESS
	      specifies TCP endpoint where speech-dispatcher is listening  and
	      to which spd-say should connect. Has form of <method>:<address>,
	      where <method> is	 one  of  unix_socket  and  inet_socket.   The
	      <address>	 is  either  path  to  Unix domain socket if method is
	      unix_socket, of IP address if method is inet_socket.

SEE ALSO
       speech-dispatcher(1)

       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.

spd-say 0.7.1			  March 2011			    SPD-SAY(1)
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