| This directory contains the BRLTTY speech driver for the eSpeak text to |
| speech engine. The eSpeak web site is http://espeak.sourceforge.net/. |
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| eSpeak comes with a simple command-line tool called espeak which can be |
| used to test it, and to recompile modified dictionaries, etc. Please see |
| the espeak man page for more information. |
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| BRLTTY's configure script automatically includes this driver if the |
| eSpeak development library is installed. |
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| This driver recognizes the following parameters: |
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| path |
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| Specifies the directory containing the espeak-data directory. |
| If not specified, the default location is used. |
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| punctlist |
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| Specified a list of punctuation characters whose names are to be |
| spoken when the speech punctuation parameter is set to "Some". |
| If not specified, a default list is used. |
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| voice |
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| Specifies a voice/language to use. The complete list of available |
| voices may be obtained with the command 'espeak --voices'. |
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| maxrate |
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| Overrides the maximum speech rate value. The default is 450. |
| This cannot be lower than 80. |
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