spd-say - send text-to-speech output request to speech-dispatcher

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       send text-to-speech output request to speech-dispatcher

       spd-say - send text-to-speech output request to speech-dispatcher

-r, --rate
              Set the rate of the speech (between -100 and +100, default: 0)

       -p, --pitch
              Set the pitch of the speech (between -100 and +100, default: 0)

       -R, --pitch-range
              Set the pitch range of the speech (between -100 and +100, default: 0)

       -i, --volume
              Set the volume (intensity) of the speech (between -100 and +100, default: 0)

       -o, --output-module
              Set the output module

       -O, --list-output-modules
              Get the list of output modules

       -I, --sound-icon
              Play the sound icon

       -l, --language
              Set the language (ISO code)

       -t, --voice-type
              Set  the  preferred  voice  type  (male1,  male2,  male3,  female1,  female2  female3, child_male,
              child_female)

       -L, --list-synthesis-voices
              Get the list of synthesis voices

       -y, --synthesis-voice
              Set the synthesis voice

       -c, --character
              Speak the character

       -k, --key
              Speak the key

       -m, --punctuation-mode
              Set the punctuation mode (none, some, most, all)

       -s, --spelling
              Spell the message

       -x, --ssml
              Set SSML mode on (default: off)

       -e, --pipe-mode
              Read text to be spoken on stdin, write it on stdout unchanged, and the

       corresponding speech through Speech Dispatcher.

       -P, --priority
              Set priority of the message (important, message, text, notification, progress;default: text)

       -N, --application-name
              Set the application name used to establish the connection  to  specified  string  value  (default:
              spd-say)

       -n, --connection-name
              Set the connection name used to establish the connection to specified string value (default: main)

       -w, --wait
              Wait till the message is spoken or discarded

       -S, --stop
              Stop speaking the message being spoken

       -C, --cancel
              Cancel all messages

       -v, --version
              Print version and copyright info

       -h, --help
              Print this info

       Please report bugs to speechd-discuss@nongnu.org

       The full documentation for spd-say is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and  spd-say  programs
       are properly installed at your site, the command

              infospd-say

       should give you access to the complete manual.

spd-say 0.12.0                                     April 2025                                         SPD-SAY(1)

spd-say [options] "sometext"