speak-ng

A multi-lingual software speech synthesizer. tldr-pages

On several platforms

Several platforms

Speak a phrase aloud

speak-ng "text"Identify

Speak text from stdin

echo "text" | speak-ngIdentify

Speak the contents of a file

speak-ng -f path/to/fileIdentify

Speak using a specific voice

speak-ng -v voice "text"Identify

Speak at a specific speed (default is 175) and pitch (default is 50)

speak-ng -s speed -p pitch "text"Identify

Output the audio to a wAV file instead of speaking it directly

speak-ng -w path/to/output.wav "text"Identify

List all available voices

speak-ng --voicesIdentify