Exploring “espeak-ng” command in Linux
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Hello everyone!! In this blog we will see “espeak-ng” command , options that it supports and usage.
Knowing about espeak-ng
espeak-ng is a multi- lingual software speech synthesizer for English and other laguages too. It supports Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML).
Let’s see the options supported by this command
espeak-ng supports many languages which can be accessed using the command → espeak-ng — voices
- “af” is the Afrikaans voice
# espeak-ng -v af “hello”
2. “te” is the Telugu voice
# e speak-ng -v te “hello”
3. “ta” is the Tamil voice
# espeak-ng -v ta “hello”
4. “hi” is the Hindi voice
# espeak-ng -v hi “hello”
“bn” is the Bengali voice
# espeak-ng -v bn “hello”
“ml” is the Malayalam voice
# espeak-ng -v ml “hello”
And many other languages are available.
→ To change the tone from male to female :
the “f2” voice variant which changes the formants and the pitch range to give a female sound
# espeak-ng -v en+f2 “hello”
→ To reduce the speed of the voice , we use “-s <number>”
example: # date | espeak-ng -v hi -s 140
Hope you find my blog informative . Thank you !!
