1mimic(1)                     Mimic Text To Speech                     mimic(1)
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NAME

6       mimic - a text to speech tool
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SYNOPSIS

9       mimic [options] text-file [outfile.wav]
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11       mimic -t "Hello there" [wavefile]
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DESCRIPTION

15       Mimic is a command line tool for synthesizing speech from text. If out‐
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19       Mimic is based on flite (http://www.cmuflite.org) and strives to extend
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23       Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
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OPTIONS

28       -t "Text"
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31       -f textfile
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34       -o wavefile
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37       -lv    List included voices
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39       -voice voice
40              Set mimic to speak with voice, this can either  be  one  of  the
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43       -v     Verbose mode, print extended output.
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45       -l     Loop output endlessly.
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47       --help List usage.
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49       -ssml  Read input/file in ssml mode.
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51       -pw    Print words to stdout before they are spoken.
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53       -ps    Print phoneme segments to stdout before they are spoken.
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55       -psdur Print segments and their end-time to stdout before they are spo‐
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58       -pr RelName
59              Get information for RelName from the utterance and print  it  to
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62       -p "Phonemes"
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65       -seti Feature=Int
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68       -setf Feature=Float
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71       -sets Feature=String
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74       -s, -set Feature=Int
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