From 25a8eead0087db861e96806c9dfec4b39d0fb220 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "B. Watson" Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 22:23:45 +0100 Subject: accessibility/svox: Added (small footprint text-to-speech engine). Signed-off-by: David Spencer --- accessibility/svox/pico2wave.1 | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+) create mode 100644 accessibility/svox/pico2wave.1 (limited to 'accessibility/svox/pico2wave.1') diff --git a/accessibility/svox/pico2wave.1 b/accessibility/svox/pico2wave.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..13da7e31f5c03 --- /dev/null +++ b/accessibility/svox/pico2wave.1 @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +.\" This file modified from the Debian version by B. Watson +.TH PICO2WAVE "1" "June 2018" "pico2wave" "SlackBuilds.org" +.SH NAME +pico2wave \- Small Footprint TTS +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B pico2wave +\fB-w\fR +\fI\fR +[ \fB-l\fR \fI\fR ] +[ \fI\fR ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B pico2wave +is a small footprint Text to Speech utility, using the SVOX Pico +engine \fB[*]\fR. It converts +text given on the command line (or standard input, if no +\fI\fR on command line) to audible speech, and writes +to a RIFF .wav file. +.PP +The generated wav files are PCM, 16-bit mono, 16KHz sampling rate. +.PP +\fB[*]\fR The SVOX Pico engine is a software speech synthesizer for German, English +(GB and US), Spanish, French and Italian. SVOX produces a clear and +distinct speech output made possible by the use of Hidden Markov Model +(HMM) algorithms. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-wave\fR=\fIfilename\fR.wav +Write output to this WAV file (extension SHOULD +be .wav). This option is required: \fBpico2wave\fR +cannot write to standard output (not even if you +use \fB-w /dev/stdout\fR, sorry). If the file +already exists, it will be \fBoverwritten\fR with no +confirmation or warning. +.TP +\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-lang\fR=\fIlang\fR +Language (default: \fBen\-US\fR). The languages supported are +currently \fBde\-DE\fR, \fBen\-GB\fR, \fBen\-US\fR, +\fBes\-ES\fR, \fBfr\-FR\fR, \fBit\-IT\fR. +.SS "Help options:" +.TP +\-?, \fB\-\-help\fR +Show help message +.TP +\fB\-\-usage\fR +Display brief usage message +.SH EXAMPLES +.TP +.B +pico2wav -w test.wav 'Hello, world.' +.PP +Creates a file \fBtest.wav\fR containing the words "Hello, world." +.TP +.B +echo 'Hello, world.' | pico2wav -w test.wav +.PP +Same as above, reading from standard input. +.TP +.B +pico2wav -w test.wav < gettysburg_address.txt +.PP +Convert an entire text file to speech. -- cgit v1.2.3