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

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

9       spd-say [options] "some text"
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DESCRIPTION

12       send text-to-speech output request to speech-dispatcher
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OPTIONS

15       -r, --rate
16              Set the rate of the speech (between -100 and +100, default: 0)
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18       -p, --pitch
19              Set the pitch of the speech (between -100 and +100, default: 0)
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21       -R, --pitch-range
22              Set  the  pitch  range of the speech (between -100 and +100, de‐
23              fault: 0)
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25       -i, --volume
26              Set the volume (intensity) of the speech (between -100 and +100,
27              default: 0)
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29       -o, --output-module
30              Set the output module
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32       -O, --list-output-modules
33              Get the list of output modules
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35       -I, --sound-icon
36              Play the sound icon
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38       -l, --language
39              Set the language (ISO code)
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41       -t, --voice-type
42              Set  the preferred voice type (male1, male2, male3, female1, fe‐
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45       -L, --list-synthesis-voices
46              Get the list of synthesis voices
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48       -y, --synthesis-voice
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51       -c, --character
52              Speak the character
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54       -k, --key
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57       -m, --punctuation-mode
58              Set the punctuation mode (none, some, most, all)
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60       -s, --spelling
61              Spell the message
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63       -x, --ssml
64              Set SSML mode on (default: off)
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66       -e, --pipe-mode
67              Pipe from stdin to stdout plus Speech Dispatcher
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69       -P, --priority
70              Set priority of the message (important, message, text, notifica‐
71              tion, progress;default: text)
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73       -N, --application-name
74              Set  the  application  name  used to establish the connection to
75              specified string value (default: spd-say)
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77       -n, --connection-name
78              Set the connection name used  to  establish  the  connection  to
79              specified string value (default: main)
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81       -w, --wait
82              Wait till the message is spoken or discarded
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84       -S, --stop
85              Stop speaking the message being spoken
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87       -C, --cancel
88              Cancel all messages
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90       -v, --version
91              Print version and copyright info
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93       -h, --help
94              Print this info
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96       Please report bugs to speechd-discuss@nongnu.org
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99       Copyright © 2002-2012 Brailcom, o.p.s.
100       This  is  free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
101       the terms of the GNU General Public License as published  by  the  Free
102       Software  Foundation;  either  version 2, or (at your option) any later
103       version. Please see COPYING for more details.
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SEE ALSO

106       The full documentation for spd-say is maintained as a  Texinfo  manual.
107       If  the  info and spd-say programs are properly installed at your site,
108       the command
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110              info spd-say
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112       should give you access to the complete manual.
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116spd-say 0.11.1                   January 2022                       SPD-SAY(1)
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