Exploring options of “espeak-ng”

Neeraj Nawale
Sep 19, 2021

In Linux, espeak-ng is a software speech synthesizer for English, and some other languages. It contain tons of options and its synopsis is as follows,

espeak-ng [options] [words]

Available options in “espeak-ng” ::

To Speak a sentence in English(by default) Voice :: espeak-ng “Test”

To make system speak in different language :: -v <voice_name>
Ex, for Afrikaans ::

By default, system would speak out in male voice. To make it female use the following ::

To set pitch :: -p <integer>
(default is 50)

To set word gap :: -g <integer>
(default is 10ms)

To set speed in words per minute :: -s <integer>
(default is 160)

Make text file to speak :: -f <file_name>

Thank YOU!!!

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