text2speech

google tts api with python [https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/docs/libraries?hl=ja#client-libraries-install-python]

installation

conda create -n tts
conda activate tts
pip install --upgrade google-cloud-texttospeech

local authentication

https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/provide-credentials-adc?hl=ja#local-dev

demo code

"""Synthesizes speech from the input string of text or ssml.
Make sure to be working in a virtual environment.

Note: ssml must be well-formed according to:
    https://www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis/
"""
from google.cloud import texttospeech

# Instantiates a client
client = texttospeech.TextToSpeechClient()

# Set the text input to be synthesized
synthesis_input = texttospeech.SynthesisInput(text="Hello, World!")

# Build the voice request, select the language code ("en-US") and the ssml
# voice gender ("neutral")
voice = texttospeech.VoiceSelectionParams(
    language_code="en-US", ssml_gender=texttospeech.SsmlVoiceGender.NEUTRAL
)

# Select the type of audio file you want returned
audio_config = texttospeech.AudioConfig(
    audio_encoding=texttospeech.AudioEncoding.MP3,
    # speaking_rate=1.5,# ここで読み上げスピードを指定 # デフォルト 1.0
) 


# Perform the text-to-speech request on the text input with the selected
# voice parameters and audio file type
response = client.synthesize_speech(
    input=synthesis_input, voice=voice, audio_config=audio_config
)

# The response's audio_content is binary.
with open("output.mp3", "wb") as out:
    # Write the response to the output file.
    out.write(response.audio_content)
    print('Audio content written to file "output.mp3"')