NAME

festival_client - client access to festiva; text-to-speech server mode

SYNOPSIS

festival_client [options] [file0] [file1] ...

DESCRIPTION

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.

OPTIONS

--server <string>

hostname (or IP number) of server

--port <int> {1314}

port number of server process (1314)

--output <string>

file to save output waveform to

--otype <string> {riff}

output type for waveform

--passwd <string>

server passwd in plain text (optional)

--prolog <string>

filename containing commands to be sent to the server before standard commands (useful when using --ttw)

--async

Asynchronous mode, server may send back multiple waveforms per text file

--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.

--withlisp

Output lisp replies from server.

--tts_mode <string>

TTS mode for file (default is fundamental).

--aucommand <string>

command to be applied to each waveform retruned from server. Use $FILE in string to refer to waveform file

BUGS

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.

AUTHOR

Alan W Black and Paul Taylor
(C) Centre for Speech Technology Research
University of Edinburgh
80 South Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1HN
http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival.html