Manual: spd-say

SPD-SAY(1)						User Commands						  SPD-SAY(1)

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

SYNOPSIS
       spd-say [options] "some text"

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

OPTIONS
       -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

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2002-2012 Brailcom, o.p.s.
       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  COPY‐
       ING for more details.

SEE ALSO
       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

	      info spd-say

       should give you access to the complete manual.

spd-say 0.12.1						October 2025						  SPD-SAY(1)