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voicebuild

Use the voicebuild program to create audio .wav files based on a vocal script .txt file using SAPI.

Usage
voicebuild.exe [<options>]

Argument

Description

-f <folder>

The output folder to store the newly-created .wav files.

-o

Overwrite existing .wav files.

-r <rate>

The rate of the speech. This value can range from -10 to 10; the default value is 0.

-d <speech api dll>

Speech API dynamic load library, which can load either speechapi.dll or speechapix.dll. The speechapix.dll file loads from a remote server. By default, speechapi.dll is loaded.

-i <speechinit>

Specifies a KVG file to load speech API initialization configuration.

-s <vocal-script>

The vocal script file, read from standard input by default.

-c <voice>

The voice used to speak the vocal script.

-a

Enumerate available voices.

-l <volume>

The volume of the speech. This value can range from 0 to 100; the default value is 100.

Examples

  1. List all the installed voices on the current system:

    voicebuild.exe -a

  2. Create .wav audio files in the \tmp directory, using the listing file vocal-script.txt, and the voice "Cepstral William-8kHz":

    voicebuild.exe -f tmp -s ..\audio\en-us\vocal-script.txt -c "Cepstral William-8kHz"

  3. Re-create a set of .wav audio files, and change the volume and rate:

    voicebuild -l 30 -r 5 -o -f tmp -s ..\audio\en-us\vocal-script.txt -c "Cepstral William-8kHz"
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