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2.3.4 Parameter Setting Commands

These commands set various properties of the speech output. They all apply on the current Speech Dispatcher connection (for more information about Speech Dispatcher connections, see Connection Voices), unless there are invoked with a prefix argument. With a numeric prefix argument they apply on all speechd-el connections, with a universal prefix argument they apply on all Speech Dispatcher connections.

Commands affecting basic parameters of the text-to-speech process:

C-e d l

Set default language of the connection. Specify it as an RFC 1766 language code (e.g. en, cs, etc.).

C-e d .

Specify how to handle punctuation, whether to read it or ignore it. all mode reads all punctuation characters, none mode skips them all quietly, and some mode reads a selected subset of punctuation characters specified in the Speech Dispatcher configuration.

C-e d c

Set capital letter indication mode. icon means signal them with a sound icon, spell means spell them using a special spelling table, and none means no indication.

Commands affecting speech output properties:

C-e d v

Set default voice to be used by the synthesizer (speechd-set-voice). You may select one from the voice set offered by your Speech Dispatcher installation.

C-e d C-v

Set default voice to be used by the synthesizer directly by its synthesizer dependent name (speechd-set-synthesizer-voice). You may select one from the voice set offered by the currently selected Speech Dispatcher output module. This works only with Speech Dispatcher 0.6.3 or higher and not all Speech Dispatcher output modules support this function.

C-e d r

Set exact speech rate, ranging from -100 (slowest) to 100 (fastest) (speechd-set-rate). Most often you will probably want to use the speechd-speak-key-set-predefined-rate command bound to C-e number instead, see Control Commands.

C-e d p

Set voice pitch, ranging from -100 (lowest) to 100 (highest) (speechd-set-pitch).

C-e d V

Set voice volume, ranging from -100 (lowest) to 100 (highest) (speechd-set-volume).

Commands affecting the speech synthesizer:

C-e d o

Switch Speech Dispatcher to the given output module (speechd-set-output-module). Give the module name when you are prompted for the argument.


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