1SPD-SAY(1) User Commands SPD-SAY(1)
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6 spd-say - send text-to-speech output request to speech-dispatcher
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9 spd-say [options] "some text"
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12 send text-to-speech output request to speech-dispatcher
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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‐
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25 -i, --volume
26 Set the volume (intensity) of the speech (between -100 and +100,
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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
49 Set the synthesis voice
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51 -c, --character
52 Speak the character
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55 Speak the 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‐
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73 -N, --application-name
74 Set the application name used to establish the connection to
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77 -n, --connection-name
78 Set the connection name used to establish the connection to
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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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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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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,
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112 should give you access to the complete manual.
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116spd-say 0.11.5 August 2023 SPD-SAY(1)