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espeak

A multi-lingual software speech synthesizer. Note: espeak is considered discontinued, as development has shifted to espeak-ng. More information: https://manned.org/espeak.

• Speak a phrase aloud:

espeak "{{text}}"

• Speak text from stdin:

echo "{{text}}" | espeak

• Speak the contents of a [f]ile:

espeak -f {{path/to/file}}

• Speak using a specific [v]oice:

espeak -v {{voice}} "{{text}}"

• Speak at a specific [s]peed (default is 160) and [p]itch (default is 50):

espeak -s {{speed}} -p {{pitch}} "{{text}}"

• Output the audio to a [w]AV file instead of speaking it directly:

espeak -w {{path/to/output.wav}} "{{text}}"

• List all available voices:

espeak --voices