A command line tool to read text with Microsoft Speech API (SAPI), written by Brook Hong in 2008.

Pre-built binary at http://sharing-from-brook.16002.n6.nabble.com/file/n4967530/tts.zip

Usage

tts [options] [text_to_read]
    -h       show this message.
    -I       interactive mode.
    -F       list all formats supported.
    -V       list all voices installed.
    -f <format index>        use the indexed format.
    -v <voice index>         use the indexed voice.
    -i <filename>    read from the file.
    -o <filename>    output to the .wav file.
    -l       output .lrc files.
    -t       convert to .mp3 file.
    -s <minutes>     split the output every X minutes, default by 5.

Example

1 tts.exe -F to list all formats available on your computer.

0 SPSF_12kHz16BitStereo
1 SPSF_16kHz16BitMono
2 SPSF_16kHz16BitStereo
3 SPSF_22kHz16BitMono
4 SPSF_22kHz16BitStereo
5 SPSF_24kHz16BitStereo
6 SPSF_32kHz16BitStereo
7 SPSF_44kHz16BitMono
8 SPSF_44kHz16BitStereo
9 SPSF_48kHz16BitMono
10 SPSF_48kHz16BitStereo

2 tts.exe -V to list all voices available on your computer.

0 Microsoft Anna - English (United States)
1 ATT DTNV1.4 Crystal16
2 ATT DTNV1.4 Mike16
3 ATT DTNV1.4 Audrey16
4 Microsoft Lili - Chinese (China)
5 VW Paul

3 now read text with format SPSF_48kHz16BitStereo and voice ATT DTNV1.4 Crystal16:

tts.exe -f 10 -v 1 "look, here is brook"

tts.exe -f 10 -v 1 "look, here is brook" -o look to generate look.wav instead of reading it.

tts.exe -f 10 -v 1 "look, here is brook" -o look -t to generate look.mp3 instead of reading it.

Build

cl tts.cpp lame.lib libmp3lame-static.lib mpglib-static.lib