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.TH SPD-SAY "1" "March 2024" "spd-say 0.11.5" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
spd-say \- send text-to-speech output request to speech-dispatcher
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B spd-say
[\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,"some text"\/\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
send text\-to\-speech output request to speech\-dispatcher
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-rate\fR
Set the rate of the speech
(between \fB\-100\fR and +100, default: 0)
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-pitch\fR
Set the pitch of the speech
(between \fB\-100\fR and +100, default: 0)
.TP
\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-pitch\-range\fR
Set the pitch range of the speech
(between \fB\-100\fR and +100, default: 0)
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-volume\fR
Set the volume (intensity) of the speech
(between \fB\-100\fR and +100, default: 0)
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\-module\fR
Set the output module
.TP
\fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-list\-output\-modules\fR
Get the list of output modules
.TP
\fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-sound\-icon\fR
Play the sound icon
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-language\fR
Set the language (ISO code)
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-voice\-type\fR
Set the preferred voice type
(male1, male2, male3, female1, female2
female3, child_male, child_female)
.TP
\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-list\-synthesis\-voices\fR
Get the list of synthesis voices
.TP
\fB\-y\fR, \fB\-\-synthesis\-voice\fR
Set the synthesis voice
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-character\fR
Speak the character
.TP
\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-key\fR
Speak the key
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-punctuation\-mode\fR
Set the punctuation mode
(none, some, most, all)
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-spelling\fR
Spell the message
.TP
\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-ssml\fR
Set SSML mode on (default: off)
.TP
\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-pipe\-mode\fR
Pipe from stdin to stdout plus Speech Dispatcher
.TP
\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-priority\fR
Set priority of the message (important, message,
text, notification, progress;default: text)
.TP
\fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-application\-name\fR
Set the application name used to establish
the connection to specified string value
(default: spd\-say)
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-connection\-name\fR
Set the connection name used to establish
the connection to specified string value
(default: main)
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-wait\fR
Wait till the message is spoken or discarded
.TP
\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-stop\fR
Stop speaking the message being spoken
.TP
\fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-cancel\fR
Cancel all messages
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print version and copyright info
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Print this info
.PP
Please report bugs to speechd\-discuss@nongnu.org
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2002\-2012 Brailcom, o.p.s.
.br
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
any later version. Please see COPYING for more details.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B spd-say
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B spd-say
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info spd-say
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.