NAME
festivalclient - client access to festiva; text-to-speech server mode SYNOPSIS festivalclient [options] [file0] [file1] ... DESCRIPTION
Allows sending commands and/or test to a festival test-to-speech server. Festival may be started in server mode using the option server
festival-clinet allows waveforms ot be generated faster as not time is required for start up. See the festival manual for more details on recommended use. OPTIONS server
hostname (or IP number) of server port {1314} port number of server process (1314) output file to save output waveform to otype {riff} output type for waveform passwd server passwd in plain text (optional) prolog filename containing commands to be sent to the server before standard commands (useful when using ttw) async Asynchronous mode, server may send back multiple waveforms per text file ttw Text to waveform: take text from first arg or stdin get server to return waveform(s) stored in output or operated on by aucom‐ mand. withlisp Output lisp replies from server. ttsmode TTS mode for file (default is fundamental). aucommand command to be applied to each waveform retruned from server. Use $FILE in string to refer to waveform file BUGS This still isn't as general as it should be. It seems to require lots of special little options which suggests the general options aren't right. AUTHOR Alan W Black and Paul Taylor (C) Centre for Speech Technology Research University of Edinburgh 80 South Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1HN http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival.html 1st Aug 1997 FESTIVAL(1)