bionic (1) speech-dispatcher.1.gz

NAME

       speech-dispatcher - server process managing speech requests in Speech Dispatcher

SYNOPSIS

       speech-dispatcher [-{d|s}] [-l {1|2|3|4|5}] [-c com_method] [-S socket_path] [-p port] | [-v] | [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       speech-dispatcher  is  a  server process that is responsible for transforming requests for text-to-speech
       output into actual speech hearable in the speakers. It arbitrates concurrent  speech  requests  based  on
       message  priorities, and abstracts different speech synthesizers. Client programs, like screen readers or
       navigation software, send speech requests to speech-dispatcher using  TCP  protocol  (with  the  help  of
       client  libraries).   speech-dispatcher  is  usually  started  automatically  by  client  libraries (i.e.
       autospawn), so you only need to run it manually if testing/debugging, or when in other explicit need  for
       a special setup.

OPTIONS

       -d, --run-daemon
              Run as a daemon

       -s, --run-single
              Run as single application

       -a, --spawn
              Start only if autospawn is not disabled

       -l, --log-level
              Set log level (1..5)

       -c, --communication-method
              Communication  method to use (unix_socket or inet_socket) -S, --socket-path Socket path to use for
              'unix_socket' method (filesystem path or 'default')

       -p, --port
              Specify a port number for 'inet_socket' method

       -P, --pid-file
              Set path to pid file

       -C, --config-dir
              Set path to configuration

       -v, --version
              Report version of this program

       -D, --debug
              Output debugging information into /tmp/speechd-debug

       -h, --help
              Print this info

BUGS

       Please report bugs to <speechd-bugs@freebsoft.org>

SEE ALSO

       spd-say(1)

       The full documentation for speech-dispatcher is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and  speech-
       dispatcher programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              info speech-dispatcher

       should give you access to the complete manual.