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-client allows waveforms to 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
1st Aug 1997 FESTIVAL(1)