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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" This file modified from the Debian version by B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
-.TH PICO2WAVE "1" "June 2018" "pico2wave" "SlackBuilds.org"
+.\" This file modified from the Debian version by B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>
+.TH PICO2WAVE "1" "August 2021" "pico2wave" "SlackBuilds.org"
.SH NAME
pico2wave \- Small Footprint TTS
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -16,11 +16,16 @@ text given on the command line (or standard input, if no
\fI<words>\fR on command line) to audible speech, and writes
to a RIFF .wav file.
.PP
+.B Note:
+Only one \fI<words>\fR argument is spoken. Any further arguments are silently
+ignored. This means that you must quote your argument, if it has multiple
+words (e.g. a sentence).
+.PP
The generated wav files are PCM, 16-bit mono, 16KHz sampling rate.
.PP
\fB[*]\fR The SVOX Pico engine is a software speech synthesizer for German, English
-(GB and US), Spanish, French and Italian. SVOX produces a clear and
-distinct speech output made possible by the use of Hidden Markov Model
+(GB and US), Spanish, French and Italian. SVOX produces clear and
+distinct speech output, made possible by the use of Hidden Markov Model
(HMM) algorithms.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
@@ -59,3 +64,6 @@ Same as above, reading from standard input.
pico2wav -w test.wav < gettysburg_address.txt
.PP
Convert an entire text file to speech.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.sp
+\fBpico2audio\fP(1)