.\" This file modified from the Debian version by B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>
.TH PICO2WAVE "1" "August 2021" "pico2wave" "SlackBuilds.org"
.SH NAME
pico2wave \- Small Footprint TTS
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pico2wave
\fB-w\fR
\fI<filename.wav>\fR
[ \fB-l\fR \fI<language>\fR ]
[ \fI<words>\fR ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B pico2wave
is a small footprint Text to Speech utility, using the SVOX Pico
engine \fB[*]\fR. It converts
text given on the command line (or standard input, if no
\fI<words>\fR on command line) to audible speech, and writes
to a RIFF .wav file.
.PP
.B Note:
Only one \fI<words>\fR argument is spoken. Any further arguments are silently
ignored. This means that you must quote your argument, if it has multiple
words (e.g. a sentence).
.PP
The generated wav files are PCM, 16-bit mono, 16KHz sampling rate.
.PP
\fB[*]\fR The SVOX Pico engine is a software speech synthesizer for German, English
(GB and US), Spanish, French and Italian. SVOX produces clear and
distinct speech output, made possible by the use of Hidden Markov Model
(HMM) algorithms.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-wave\fR=\fIfilename\fR.wav
Write output to this WAV file (extension SHOULD
be .wav). This option is required: \fBpico2wave\fR
cannot write to standard output (not even if you
use \fB-w /dev/stdout\fR, sorry). If the file
already exists, it will be \fBoverwritten\fR with no
confirmation or warning.
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-lang\fR=\fIlang\fR
Language (default: \fBen\-US\fR). The languages supported are
currently \fBde\-DE\fR, \fBen\-GB\fR, \fBen\-US\fR,
\fBes\-ES\fR, \fBfr\-FR\fR, \fBit\-IT\fR.
.SS "Help options:"
.TP
\-?, \fB\-\-help\fR
Show help message
.TP
\fB\-\-usage\fR
Display brief usage message
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
.B
pico2wav -w test.wav 'Hello, world.'
.PP
Creates a file \fBtest.wav\fR containing the words "Hello, world."
.TP
.B
echo 'Hello, world.' | pico2wav -w test.wav
.PP
Same as above, reading from standard input.
.TP
.B
pico2wav -w test.wav < gettysburg_address.txt
.PP
Convert an entire text file to speech.
.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
\fBpico2audio\fP(1)