+Use espeak -x to see the corresponding phoneme codes.
+1 UTF-8. This is the default.
+2 The 8-bit character set which corresponds to the language (eg. Latin-2 for Polish).
+4 16 bit Unicode.
+Without this option, eSpeak assumes text is UTF-8, but will automatically switch to the 8-bit character set if it finds an illegal UTF-8 sequence.
espeak -vafTo use the Afrikaans voice. A modifier after the voice name can be used to vary the tone of the voice, eg:
espeak -vaf+3-The variants are
+m1 +m2 +m3 +m4 +m5 +m6 for male voices and +f1 +f2 +f3 +f4 which simulate female voices by using higher pitches. Other variants are +croak and +whisper.
+The variants are +m1 +m2 +m3 +m4 +m5 +m6 +m7 for male voices and +f1 +f2 +f3 +f4 which simulate female voices by using higher pitches. Other variants include +croak and +whisper.
<voice filename> is a file within the espeak-data/voices directory.
<variant> is a file within the espeak-data/voices/!v directory.
@@ -188,7 +194,7 @@ Used with -w, it starts a new WAV file every <minutes&
--voices [=<language code>]
If =<language code> is present then only those voices which are suitable for that language are listed.
---voices=mbrola lists the voices which use mbrola diphone voices. These are not included in the --voices list
+--voices=mbrola lists the voices which use mbrola diphone voices. These are not included in the default --voices list
--voices=variant lists the voice variants (voice modifiers).
This command will speak: "This is some phonetic text input". + +