tts - A lightweight python TTS wrapper

tts is a python wrapper around Text To Speech api's

Currently only supports SAPI

Setup

To install, simply use pip and point it at the repository

pip install git+https://github.com/DeepHorizons/tts

To Use

Import the tts package with the api you wish to use

SAPI

import tts.sapi
voice = tts.sapi.Sapi()
voice.say("Hello")
voice.set_voice("Anna")

voice.create_recording('output.wav', "This will be in a wav file")

voice.set_rate(-5)
voice.say("This will be said slower")

voice.set_volume(30)
voice.say("This will be said on a lower volume")

Aside from text, it also support SSML. You'll need to pass the SpeechVoiceSpeakFlags.IsXML flag as a second parameter for the say() function

import tts.sapi
import tts.flags

voice = tts.sapi.Sapi()

voice.say('<PRON SYM = "h eh l ow"/>', tts.flags.SpeechVoiceSpeakFlags.IsXML.value)
voice.say('<speak version="1.0" xmlns="https://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis" xml:lang="en-US"><phoneme alphabet="sapi" ph="w er 1 l d"></phoneme></speak>', tts.flags.SpeechVoiceSpeakFlags.IsXML.value)

The SpVoice COM object is available as the voice variable on the instance of the Sapi class. You can access the raw SAPI interface from it. The interface is available at:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee125640%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Properties are assigned and read from, Methods are used like functions. For example, to pause a voice and then to resume it:

voice.voice.Pause()
voice.voice.Resume()

Happy Hacking