espeak-ng Command In Linux
What is espeak command and various options ?
SYNOPSIS
espeak-ng [options] [words]
DESCRIPTION
espeak-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.
- d <device>
Use the specified device to speak the audio on. If not specified, the default audio device is used.
- 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).
- p <integer>
Pitch adjustment, 0 to 99, default is 50.
- s <integer>
Speed in words per minute, default is 160.
- 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.
— 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.
— 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.
We Can use some other Linux commands with espeak
date | espeak-ng -v hi+m3 -s 100 -p 99 -a 200
To find some more options of espeak-ng command
man espeak-ng
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