python_google_speak

This is a little Python module that uses a Google Translate online web service to convert short texts into high quality MP3 tracks.

Source Repository

See https://github.com/marcus67/python_google_speak

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Sample Usage

from python_google_speak import speech_generator
from python_google_speak import speech_output

sound_generator = speech_generator.SpeechGenerator(p_locale="en_US")
sound_data = sound_generator.generate_audio_data("hello.")
speech_output.playback_audio_data(sound_data) 

Caveats

• Google limits the length of the text to a few hundred characters.
• The library playsound which is used by speech_output has issues when called from within a virtual environment.

Command Line Interface

The tool can be called from the command line as follows:

# To output to the standard audio device:
> google_speak --locale "en_US" "hello!"

# To write audio data to a file
> google_speak --locale "en_US" --outfile "hello.mp3" "hello!"