Package Exports

This package does not declare an exports field, so the exports above have been automatically detected and optimized by JSPM instead. If any package subpath is missing, it is recommended to post an issue to the original package (say) to support the "exports" field. If that is not possible, create a JSPM override to customize the exports field for this package.

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Installing say.js

npm install say

Usage - Mac OS voices

Speed is based on the average number of words to be spoken per minute.

var say = require('say');

// use default voice in System Preferences
say.speak('Hello!');

// no callback, fire and forget
say.speak('whats up, dog?', 'Alex', 20);

// output some text to the console as the callback
say.speak('whats up, dog?', 'Good News', undefined, function(error) {
  if (error) {
    return console.log(error);
  }

  console.log('text to speech complete');
});

Usage - Windows

Voice parameter is not yet available. Used whatever default system voice is set, ignoring voice parameter. Speed parameter is not yet available.

Usage - Linux

Linux support involves the use of Festival, which uses decidedly less friendly names for its voices. Voices for Festival sometimes need to be installed separately - you can check which voices are available by starting up Festival in interactive mode, typing (voice_, and pressing TAB. Then take the name of the voice you'd like to try, minus the parentheses, and pass it in to say.js.

Speed is a percent based upon the normal rate, so 50 is 50%, 120 is 120%, etc.

Try the following commad to install Festival as well as a default voice:

sudo apt-get install festival festvox-kallpc16k

Available Voices on OS X

Women

Agnes
Kathy
Princess
Vicki
Victoria

Men

Albert
Alex
Bruce
Fred
Junior
Ralph

Others

Bad News
Bahh
Bells
Boing
Bubbles
Cellos
Deranged
Good News
Hysterical
Pipe Organ
Trinoids
Whisper
Zarvox

Requirements

Mac OS (comes with say)
Linux with Festival installed
Windows (comes with SAPI.SpVoice)