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say(1) GNUstep System Manual say(1)

say - convert text to audible speech using the GNUstep speech engine

say [-f filename] [some_text]

say is a simple GNUstep tool which uses the GNUstep Speech Engine to convert input text to audible speech and play it through the sound device.

Read input text from filename
Any text passed on the command line

say -f foo.txt

say Hello, world!

GSSpeechServer(1), GNUstep(7).

say was written by David Chisnall <theraven@sucs.org>. This man page was written by Yavor Doganov <yavor@gnu.org>.

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June 2010 GNUstep