voice.exe
Description:
Voice.exe is a command line text to speech utility - just a thin wrapper around the builtin System.Speech.Synthesis. There are obviously a lot of variations on this elsewhere (most often called "say.exe") but I wanted to include a couple extra options.
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Usage:
input after command: voice [args] stuff to say goes here
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input from stdin: echo something something stdin | voice [args]
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interactive input: "voice -i" then type in whatever you want, hit enter, repeat. Control-C when bored.
"-d" exists as an end-of-argument delimiter. Otherwise you would never be able to say things that might be interpreted as arguments.
"-t" mode allows you to get voice output but still pass the data to some other process in the pipeline
Funky "-s" mode allows you to embed voice into a pipeline and enable scroll lock to get audio from inside the pipe. Does block while speaking, so it will slow everything down. "-s" implies "-t" behavior as well.
voice.exe v0.5 by Eli Fulkerson 15 Mar 2019
Just a thin command line wrapper around System.Speech.Synthesis.
http://www.elifulkerson.com for updates
Usage: voice [-v VOLUME] [-r RATE] [-n NAME] [-m] [-f] [-l] [-d] [-?]
-v X : Speak at volume X, where X is 0 to 100
-r X : Speak at rate X, where X is -10 to 10
-n "X" : Speak using named voice X
-l : List availabled named voices
-m : Just use a male voice, if available
-f : Just use a female voice, if available
-d : (Optional) Indicate that arguments are done.
... All text to the right of -d will be spoken even if it contains valid arguments.
-i : Interactive mode
-t : In pipe mode, output text to console as well as read it aloud
-s : In pipe mode, copy to stderr and read aloud only when scroll lock is enabled
-p : Output progress information to stdout (probably don't use with -t, -s)
(Format is - CharPos:CharCount:AudioPos:Text)
-k X : Read from input filename X
-o X : Output to filename X in .WAV format (overwriting any previous file)
--mono : By default, we output stereo (2 channels). This flag outputs mono (1 channel)
--8bit : By default, we output 16 bit samples. This flag outputs 8 bit.)
--khz X: Output at X khz. Default 44.
-? : Help and version information
Optional:
For the sake of usability and/or self documentation, the *actual* arguments accepted are...
-v or /v or /volume or --volume
-r or /r or /rate or --rate
-n or /n or /name or --name
-l or /l or /list or --list
-m or /m or /male or --male
-f or /f or /female or --female
-d or /d or /done or --done
-i or /i or /interactive or --interactive
-t or /t or /tee or --tee
-s or /s or /scroll or --scroll
-p or /p or /progress or --progress
-k or /k or /input or --input
-o or /o or /output or --output
--mono or /mono
--8bit or /8bit
--khz or /khz
-? or --? or /? or /h or -h or /help or --help or -help or nothing at all
Changelog:
v0.5 Mar 15 2019 - Added -p option to output progress information to stdout. This is the SpeechSynthesizer.SpeakProgress event.
Cygwin White Noise Generator:
#!/bin/bash
for i in `seq 1 10`;
do
cat /dev/urandom|voice -f &
cat /dev/urandom|voice -m &
done;