tldr/pages/osx/say.md

# say

> Converts text to speech.
> More information: <https://ss64.com/osx/say.html>.

- Say a phrase aloud:

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

- Read a file aloud:

`say --input-file={{filename.txt}}`

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

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

- List the available voices (different voices speak in different languages):

`say --voice="?"`

- Say something in Polish:

`say --voice={{Zosia}} "{{Litwo, ojczyzno moja!}}"`

- Create an audio file of the spoken text:

`say --output-file={{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.`
osascript, xattr, pmset, say, screencapture: add link (#7368) 2021-11-02 13:02:04 +00:00			`> More information: <https://ss64.com/osx/say.html>.`
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
Bulk change: move double quotes outside tokens (#4431) 2020-10-04 18:33:38 +01:00			`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
osx/*: update page (#7665) 2022-02-14 11:21:43 +00:00			`say --input-file={{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
osx/*: update page (#7665) 2022-02-14 11:21:43 +00:00			`say --voice={{voice}} --rate={{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
say: update page (#9452) 2022-11-09 12:13:25 +00:00			`- List the available voices (different voices speak in different languages):`
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
osx/*: update page (#7665) 2022-02-14 11:21:43 +00:00			`say --voice="?"`
say: lots of cleanup 2016-01-28 22:33:21 +00:00
say: update page (#9452) 2022-11-09 12:13:25 +00:00			`- Say something in Polish:`

			`say --voice={{Zosia}} "{{Litwo, ojczyzno moja!}}"`

say: lots of cleanup 2016-01-28 22:33:21 +00:00			`- Create an audio file of the spoken text:`

osx/*: update page (#7665) 2022-02-14 11:21:43 +00:00			`say --output-file={{filename.aiff}} "{{Here's to the Crazy Ones.}}"`