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speak-ng

A multi-lingual software speech synthesizer. See also: espeak-ng, espeak. More information: https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/blob/master/src/speak-ng.1.ronn.

• Speak a phrase aloud:

speak-ng "{{text}}"

• Speak text from stdin:

echo "{{text}}" | speak-ng

• Speak the contents of a [f]ile:

speak-ng -f {{path/to/file}}

• Speak using a specific [v]oice:

speak-ng -v {{voice}} "{{text}}"

• Speak at a specific [s]peed (default is 175) and [p]itch (default is 50):

speak-ng -s {{speed}} -p {{pitch}} "{{text}}"

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

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

• List all available voices:

speak-ng --voices