ms speech from command line

Question

Is there a way to use the MS Speech utility from command line? I can do it on a mac, but can\'t find any reference to it on Windows XP.

Answer 1

There's also Balabolca: http://www.cross-plus-a.com/bconsole.htm It has a command line tool balcon.exe. You can use it like this:

1. List voices:

   balcon.exe -l
   

2. Speak file:

   balcon.exe -n "IVONA 2 Jennifer" -f file.txt
   

3. Speak from the command-line:

   balcon.exe -n "IVONA 2 Jennifer" -t "hello there"
   

More command line options are available. I tried it on Ubuntu with SAPI5 installed in Wine. It works just fine.