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festival_client − client access to festiva; text-to-speech server mode |
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festival_client [options] [file0] [file1] ... |
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Allows sending commands and/or test to a festival test-to-speech server. Festival may be started in server mode using the option --server festival-clinet allows waveforms ot be generated faster as not time is required for start up. See the festival manual for more details on recommended use. |
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--server <string> |
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hostname (or IP number) of server |
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--port <int> {1314} |
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port number of server process (1314) |
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--output <string> |
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file to save output waveform to |
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--otype <string> {riff} |
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output type for waveform |
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--passwd <string> |
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server passwd in plain text (optional) |
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--prolog <string> |
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filename containing commands to be sent to the server before standard commands (useful when using --ttw) |
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--async |
Asynchronous mode, server may send back multiple waveforms per text file |
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--ttw |
Text to waveform: take text from first arg or stdin get server to return waveform(s) stored in output or operated on by aucommand. |
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--withlisp |
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Output lisp replies from server. |
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--tts_mode <string> |
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TTS mode for file (default is fundamental). |
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--aucommand <string> |
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command to be applied to each waveform retruned from server. Use $FILE in string to refer to waveform file |
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This still isn’t as general as it should be. It seems to require lots of special little options which suggests the general options aren’t right. |
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Alan W Black and Paul Taylor |