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# rime hello & rime play

> Quick audio demo and terminal waveform playback with the Rime CLI.

## `rime hello`

Quick demo that generates a time-appropriate greeting ("good morning/afternoon/evening, this is Vespera speaking") using the Vespera voice on Coda.

```bash theme={null}
rime hello
```

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/rimelabs-docs-coda-websocket-reference/xMxMMVm2kXbTWDmY/images/cli/hello-demo.gif?s=418342733d880ab234f178da133f9e61" alt="Demo of the rime hello command" width="1080" height="480" data-path="images/cli/hello-demo.gif" />

### Optional flags

| Flag        | Short | Default | Description                               |
| ----------- | ----- | ------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| `--output`  | `-o`  | --      | Output file path (plays audio by default) |
| `--api-url` | --    | --      | API URL override                          |

### Examples

```bash theme={null}
# Play the greeting
rime hello

# Save the greeting to a file
rime hello -o greeting.wav

# Output as JSON
rime hello --json
```

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## `rime play`

Play a WAV audio file with terminal waveform visualization.

```bash theme={null}
rime play FILE
```

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/rimelabs-docs-coda-websocket-reference/xMxMMVm2kXbTWDmY/images/cli/play-demo.gif?s=fe3ddc92fd1769a54109d557efadb1ba" alt="Demo of the rime play command" width="1080" height="480" data-path="images/cli/play-demo.gif" />

### Examples

```bash theme={null}
rime play output.wav
```