tldr/pages/osx/say.md

# say

> Converts text to speech.

- Say a phrase aloud:

`say {{"I like to ride my bike."}}`

- Read a file aloud:

`say -f {{filename.txt}}`

- Say a phrase with a custom voice and speech rate:

`say -v {{voice}} -r {{words_per_minute}} {{"I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that."}}`

- List the available voices:

`say -v ?`

- Create an audio file of the spoken text:

`say -o {{filename.aiff}} {{"Here's to the Crazy Ones."}}`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00			`# say`

say: lots of cleanup 2016-01-28 22:33:21 +00:00			`> Converts text to speech.`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
Some minor changes in the descriptions 2016-02-12 23:05:17 +00:00			`- Say a phrase aloud:`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
say: lots of cleanup 2016-01-28 22:33:21 +00:00			`say {{"I like to ride my bike."}}`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
Some minor changes in the descriptions 2016-02-12 23:05:17 +00:00			`- Read a file aloud:`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
say: clarified `-f` example 2016-01-28 22:36:22 +00:00			`say -f {{filename.txt}}`
A bunch of new pages: common/: dig, gzip, rm, sort, zfs, zpool linux/: apt-get, shutdown osx/: airport, caffeinate, diskutil, networksetup open, pgrep, qlmanage, say, shutdown, sysctl, system_profiler Edits to existing pages: curl: Added simple download example find: Added iname and size exmaples grep: Edited -c description ps: Added wide lines example ssh: edited -D description, added simple port forwarding example unzip: added list option 2014-02-10 20:36:05 +00:00
Some minor changes in the descriptions 2016-02-12 23:05:17 +00:00			`- Say a phrase with a custom voice and speech rate:`
Move code to new line 2014-02-17 16:16:23 +00:00
say: lots of cleanup 2016-01-28 22:33:21 +00:00			`say -v {{voice}} -r {{words_per_minute}} {{"I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that."}}`
Update say.md Added my most commonly used command (and one of the least obvious in the man page). 2014-02-26 23:49:40 +00:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 17:31:27 +00:00			`- List the available voices:`
Update say.md Added my most commonly used command (and one of the least obvious in the man page). 2014-02-26 23:49:40 +00:00
say: lots of cleanup 2016-01-28 22:33:21 +00:00			`say -v ?`

			`- Create an audio file of the spoken text:`

Some minor changes in the descriptions 2016-02-12 23:05:17 +00:00			`say -o {{filename.aiff}} {{"Here's to the Crazy Ones."}}`