Re: [orca-list] Converting from text to MP3 files

[Jonathan Duddington <jonsd users sf net>]

On 25 Oct, Hammer Attila <hammera pickup hu> wrote:

> Luciano, look following description part with espeak help:
> "-a <integer>
>          Amplitude, 0 to 200, default is 100"

> So, if you would like recording the text with maximum volume, not the 
> default 100 volume value, run following command:
> espeak -v en -f book.txt -a 200 -w book.wav

Yes, although increasing the amplitude about 100 may introduce some
audio compression.  For larger amplitude values, more compression will
be needed to prevent clipping, and distortion will become worse.