flite

Speech synthesis engine. More information: http://www.festvox.org/flite/doc/.

• List all available voices:

flite -lv

• Convert a text string to speech:

flite -t "string"

• Convert the contents of a file to speech:

flite -f path/to/file.txt

• Use the specified voice:

flite -voice file://path/to/filename.flitevox|url

• Store output into a wav file:

flite -voice file://path/to/filename.flitevox|url -f path/to/file.txt -o output.wav

• Display version:

flite --version