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/.speech-dispatcher

       -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.