Speech-to-Text with Azure

This script sets you up to talk to the microphone, and with Azure's Speech SDK, it will transcribe it and read it back to you in a chosen voice. The default key to toggle listening is Z. Windows only.

Please note that a Speech SDK key is required to use this program. Create your Azure account before continuing. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/purchase-options/azure-account

Setup

Executable

Simply run AzureTTS.exe and it'll guide you into creating for config.json file. You will not go through this again until you move/delete the json or if some variables are blank, excluding toggle_key.

Source

The latest version of Python and pip is recommended. Download/update python at https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/, and pip with

python -m pip install --upgrade pip

Then, after installing/updating both, clone this repository, and download the required dependencies.

git clone https://github.com/AxorTheAxolotl/Azure-Speech-to-Text.git
cd Azure-Speech-to-Text
pip install -r requirements.txt

Finally, run the Python script AzureTTS.py and it'll guide you into creating for config.json file. You will not go through this again until you move/delete the json or if some variables are blank, excluding toggle_key.

python AzureTTS.py

config.json sample

Your json will be created at a first run, however, if you want to make your own, the format is as follows:

{
  "toggle_key": "z",
  
  "azure_speech_key": "[YOUR SDK KEY]",
  "azure_service_region": "[YOUR NEAREST REGION]",
  
  "voicename": "en-US-AnaNeural",
  "rate": "+0%",
  "pitch": "+0%",
  "volume": "+0%"
}

To find a list of service regions and voices, follow these links: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/resources/supported-regions https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/language-support?tabs=tts