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SPEAK-NG(1)							   SPEAK-NG(1)

NAME
       speak-ng	- A multi-lingual software speech synthesizer.

SYNOPSIS
       speak-ng	[options] [<words>]

DESCRIPTION
       speak-ng	 is  a software	speech synthesizer for English,	and some other
       languages.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
	      Show summary of options.

       --version
	      Prints the espeak	library	version	and the	location of the	espeak
	      voice data.

       -f <text	file>
	      Text file	to speak.

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

       If neither -f nor --stdin are provided, <words> are spoken,  or	if  no
       words are provided then text is spoken from stdin a line	at a time.

       -q     Quiet, don't produce any speech (may be useful with -x).

       -a <integer>
	      Amplitude, 0 to 200, default is 100.

       -g <integer>
	      Word  gap.  Pause	 between  words,  units	of 10ms	at the default
	      speed.

       -k <integer>
	      Indicate capital letters with: 1=sound, 2=the  word  "capitals",
	      higher values = a	pitch increase (try -k20).

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

       -p <integer>
	      Pitch adjustment,	0 to 99, default is 50.

       -s <integer>
	      Speed in words per minute, default is 175.

       -v <voice name>
	      Use voice	file of	this name from espeak-ng-data/voices. A	 vari-
	      ant can be specified using voice+variant,	such as	af+m3.

       -w <wave	file name>
	      Write output to this WAV file, rather than speaking it directly.

       --split=<minutes>
	      Used  with  -w to	split the audio	output into <minutes> recorded
	      chunks.

       -b     Input text encoding, 1=UTF8, 2=8 bit, 4=16 bit.

       -m     Indicates	that the text contains SSML (Speech  Synthesis	Markup
	      Language)	tags or	other XML tags.	Those SSML tags	which are sup-
	      ported are interpreted. Other tags, including HTML, are ignored,
	      except  that  some HTML tags such	as <hr>	<h2> and <li> ensure a
	      break in the speech.

       -x     Write phoneme mnemonics to stdout.

       -X     Write phonemes mnemonics and translation	trace  to  stdout.  If
	      rules  files  have been built with --compile=debug, line numbers
	      will also	be displayed.

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

       --stdout
	      Write speech output to stdout.

       --compile=voicename
	      Compile the pronunciation	rules and dictionary  in  the  current
	      directory. =<voicename< is optional and specifies	which language
	      is compiled.

       --compile-debug=voicename
	      Compile  the  pronunciation  rules and dictionary	in the current
	      directory	as above, but include line  numbers,  that  get	 shown
	      when -X is used.

       --ipa  Write  phonemes to stdout	using International Phonetic Alphabet.
	      --ipa=1 Use ties,	--ipa=2	Use ZWJ, --ipa=3 Separate with _.

       --tie=<character>
	      The character to use to join multi-letter	 phonemes  in  -x  and
	      --ipa output.

       --path=<path>
	      Specifies	the directory containing the espeak-ng-data directory.

       --pho  Write  mbrola  phoneme  data  (.pho) to stdout or	to the file in
	      --phonout.

       --phonout=<filename>
	      Write output from	-x -X commands and mbrola phoneme data to this
	      file.

       --punct="<characters>"
	      Speak the	names of punctuation characters	 during	 speaking.  If
	      =<characters> is omitted,	all punctuation	is spoken.

       --sep=<character>
	      The character to separate	phonemes from the -x and --ipa output.

       --voices[=<language code>]
	      Lists  the available voices. If =<language code> is present then
	      only those voices	which  are  suitable  for  that	 language  are
	      listed.

       --voices=<directory>
	      Lists the	voices in the specified	subdirectory.

EXAMPLES
       speak-ng	"This is a test"
	      Speak  the  sentence  "This is a test" using the default English
	      voice.

       speak-ng	-f hello.txt
	      Speak the	contents of hello.txt using the	default	English	voice.

       cat hello.txt | speak-ng
	      Speak the	contents of hello.txt using the	default	English	voice.

       speak-ng	-x hello
	      Speak the	word "hello" using  the	 default  English  voice,  and
	      print the	phonemes that were spoken.

       speak-ng	-ven-us	"[[h@'loU]]"
	      Speak the	phonemes "h@'loU" using	the American English voice.

       speak-ng	--voices
	      List all voices supported	by eSpeak.

       speak-ng	--voices=en
	      List all voices that speak English (en).

       speak-ng	--voices=mb
	      List all voices using the	MBROLA voice synthesizer.

AUTHOR
       eSpeak NG is maintained by Reece	H. Dunn	msclrhd@gmail.com. It is based
       on eSpeak by Jonathan Duddington	jonsd@jsd.clara.co.uk.

       This  manual  page is based on the eSpeak page written by Luke Yelavich
       themuso@ubuntu.com for the Ubuntu project.

src				 December 2024			   SPEAK-NG(1)

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