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diff --git a/spo256/speak.1 b/spo256/speak.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8ceac59 --- /dev/null +++ b/spo256/speak.1 @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +.TH "speak" "1" "January 1997" "Speak 0.2" "Text-to-Speech" +.PP +.SH NAME +.PP +\fBspeak\fP - send output to text-to-speech service. +.PP +.SH SYNOPSIS +.PP +\fBspeak\fP [\fIhostname\fP] +.PP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +The Text-to-speech package introduces a standard TCP/IP port service for +attaching text-to-speech resources to your network. These resources can +be used to monitor system status, provide verbal alarms, etc. This network +service may be accessed by telnetting to a machine running a "speak" server, +or by using the various application utilities, such as \fBspeak\fP. +.PP + +The \fBspeak\fP program will capture and redirect all standard input to the +network speech server, such as \fBspo256\fP, running either on the +local machine ("\fIlocalhost\fP"), or to the server running on the host +specified as a command line argument. \fBspeak\fP is normally used to +terminate a pipe, such as in "\fIcat filename | speak\fP". The TCP service +port used for the connection is specified in \fI/etc/services\fP. + +.PP +While most of the text-to-speech programs are separately written, the +\fBspeak\fP program is normally an alias for the actual server itself, +such as the \fBspo256\fP program. This was intentional, as future +versions of speak may drive hardware directly in an alternate usage +(such as "\fIspeak /dev/ttyxx\fP"), as well as redirecting output to a named +host. + +.PP +.SH SEE ALSO +.PP +.BR say (1), +.BR down (8), +.BR spo256 (8), +.BR services (7) +.PP +.SH AUTHOR +.PP +David Sugar (dyfet@tycho.com) +.PP |