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User Commands                                           espeak(1)



NAME
     espeak - a compact open source software speech synthesizer

SYNOPSIS
     espeak [option...] [words]

DESCRIPTION
     espeak is a compact open source software speech synthesizer.
     It  can  run  as a command line program to speak text from a
     file or from stdin.

     Main features of espeak:

         * Includes different voices, whose characteristics
           can be altered.
         * Can produce speech output as a WAV file.
         * Supports SSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language
           - not complete)
         * Supports HTML.
         * Is compact in size.
         * Can translate text to phoneme codes, so it could
           be adapted as a front end for another speech
           synthesis engine.
         * Is written in C++.

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -a integer              Amplitude as an integer in the range
                             from 0 to 200, default is 100.



     -b                      Input text is 8-bit encoded.



     -f text_file            Speak text from text_file.



     -g integer              Specify the word gap, or  the  pause
                             between   words,   as   an  integer.
                             Units of 10mS at the default speed.



     -k integer              Indicate  how   to   speak   capital
                             letters as an integer.  The argument
                             can  have  the   following   values:
                             1=sound,   2=the   word  "capitals",
                             higher values=a pitch increase  (try



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                             -k 20).



     -l integer              Line length as an  integer.  If  not
                             zero  (which  is  the default), con-
                             sider lines less than this length as
                             end-of-clause.



     -m                      Interpret SSML  markup,  and  ignore
                             other < > tags.



     -p integer              Pitch adjustment as  an  integer  in
                             the  range  from 0 to 99, default is
                             50.



     -q                      Quiet, do  not  produce  any  speech
                             (may be useful with -x).



     -s integer              Speed as an  integer  meaning  words
                             per  minute.   Values can be from 80
                             to 370, default is 170.



     -v voice_file           Use specified voice_file.



     -w filename             Write  output   to   the   specified
                             filename, in WAV format, rather than
                             speaking it directly.



     -x                      Write phoneme mnemonics to stdout.



     -X                      Write phonemes mnemonics and  trans-
                             lation trace to stdout.






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     -z                      No final sentence pause at  the  end
                             of the text.



     --compile=voice_name    Compile the pronunciation rules  and
                             dictionary in the current directory.
                             The voice_name value is optional and
                             specifies which language to use.



     --punct="characters"    Speak the names of punctuation char-
                             acters while speaking.  If the char-
                             acters value is omitted,  all  punc-
                             tuation is spoken.



     --split=minutes         Starts a new WAV file every minutes.
                             Used with -w.



     --stdin                 Read text input from  stdin  instead
                             of a file.



     --stdout                Write speech output to stdout.



     --voices=language       List the available  voices  for  the
                             specified  language.  If language is
                             omitted, then list all voices.



FILES
     The following files are used by espeak:

     /usr/lib/libespeak.so

         Library for espeak speech synthesis



     /usr/share/espeak-data

         Directory of voice language and data files




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ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | library/speech/espeak       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface stability         | Volatile                    |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


NOTES
     espeak was written by Jonathan Duddington.

SEE ALSO
     orca(1), libespeak(3), libgnomespeech(3), attributes(5)

     Additional information is available from the following site:

     http://espeak.sourceforge.net/

































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