NAME

       festival_client - client access to festiva; text-to-speech server mode

SYNOPSIS

       festival_client [options] [file0] [file1] ...

DESCRIPTION

       Allows  sending  commands  and/or  test  to a festival test-to-speech server.  Festival may be started in
       server mode using the option --server

       festival-client allows waveforms to be generated faster as not time is required for start  up.   See  the
       festival manual for more details on recommended use.

OPTIONS

       --server <string>
               hostname (or IP number) of server

       --port <int> {1314}
               port number of server process (1314)

       --output <string>
               file to save output waveform to

       --otype <string> {riff}
               output type for waveform

       --passwd <string>
               server passwd in plain text (optional)

       --prolog <string>
               filename containing commands to be sent to the server before standard commands (useful when using
               --ttw)

       --async Asynchronous mode, server may send back multiple waveforms per text file

       --ttw   Text  to  waveform:  take text from first arg or stdin get server to return waveform(s) stored in
               output or operated on by aucommand.

       --withlisp
               Output lisp replies from server.

       --tts_mode <string>
               TTS mode for file (default is fundamental).

       --aucommand <string>
               command to be applied to each waveform retruned from server. Use $FILE  in  string  to  refer  to
               waveform file

BUGS

       This  still  isn't  as general as it should be.  It seems to require lots of special little options which
       suggests the general options aren't right.

AUTHOR

       Alan W Black and Paul Taylor
       (C) Centre for Speech Technology Research
       University of Edinburgh
       80 South Bridge
       Edinburgh EH1 1HN
       http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival.html

                                                  1st Aug 1997                                       FESTIVAL(1)