mimic

TLDR

Speak text

$ mimic -t "[Hello world]"

Speak from file

$ mimic -f [input.txt]

List available voices

$ mimic -lv

Use specific voice

$ mimic -voice [slt] -t "[text]"

Save to audio file

$ mimic -t "[text]" -o [output.wav]

Adjust speech rate

$ mimic -t "[text]" --setf duration_stretch=[1.5]

SYNOPSIS

mimic [options] -t text|-f file

Mimic is Mycroft AI's open-source text-to-speech engine. It's a lightweight, fast TTS system based on Carnegie Mellon's Flite, providing natural-sounding speech synthesis.
Mimic supports multiple voices and can run offline without cloud services.

PARAMETERS

-t text

Text to speak.

-f file

Input text file.

-o file

Output audio file.

-voice name

Voice to use.

-lv

List voices.

--setf param=val

Set float parameter.

-ssml

Input is SSML.

VOICE OPTIONS

$ slt   - US English female
awb   - Scottish male
rms   - US English male
kal   - US English male (diphone)

CAVEATS

Limited voice selection compared to cloud TTS. Quality varies by voice. May need compilation for custom voices.

HISTORY

Mimic was developed by Mycroft AI as a fork of CMU Flite, first released in 2016 to provide offline TTS for the Mycroft voice assistant.