1mimic(1) Mimic Text To Speech mimic(1)
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6 mimic - a text to speech tool
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9 mimic [options] text-file [outfile.wav]
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11 mimic -t "Hello there" [wavefile]
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15 Mimic is a command line tool for synthesizing speech from text. If out‐
16 file.wav is omitted mimic will output the utterance using the computer
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19 Mimic is based on flite (http://www.cmuflite.org) and strives to extend
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29 Create speech from Text.
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31 -f textfile
32 Set input file.
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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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58 -pr RelName
59 Get information for RelName from the utterance and print it to
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62 -p "Phonemes"
63 Create speech from the phoneme string Phonemes.
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66 Set voice feature to integer value.
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69 Set voice feature to float value.
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72 Set voice feature to string value.
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75 Set voice feature and try to guess the type from the input.
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