Python Text to Speech Without Saving as MP3 File
Hi artisan! In this article, I’m going to share how to convert text to speech without storing it as an mp3 file in Python. It’ll work in offline. Let’s get started:
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Install Package
We’ll convert text to speech using the pyttsx3 package. Run this command to install it:
pip install pyttsx3Usage
Single line usage:
import pyttsx3
pyttsx3.speak("I will speak this text")
Basic usage:
import pyttsx3
engine = pyttsx3.init()
engine.say("I will speak this text")
engine.runAndWait()Changing voice, rate and volume:
import pyttsx3
engine = pyttsx3.init() # object creation
""" RATE"""
rate = engine.getProperty('rate') # getting details of current speaking rate
print (rate) #printing current voice rate
engine.setProperty('rate', 125) # setting up new voice rate
"""VOLUME"""
volume = engine.getProperty('volume') #getting to know current volume level (min=0 and max=1)
print (volume) #printing current volume level
engine.setProperty('volume',1.0) # setting up volume level between 0 and 1
"""VOICE"""
voices = engine.getProperty('voices') #getting details of current voice
#engine.setProperty('voice', voices[0].id) #changing index, changes voices. o for male
engine.setProperty('voice', voices[1].id) #changing index, changes voices. 1 for female
engine.say("Hello World!")
engine.say('My current speaking rate is ' + str(rate))
engine.runAndWait()
engine.stop()
"""Saving Voice to a file"""
# On linux make sure that 'espeak' and 'ffmpeg' are installed
engine.save_to_file('Hello World', 'test.mp3')
engine.runAndWait()Available TTS Engines
The library supports the following engines:
- sapi5 – SAPI5 on Windows
- nsss – NSSpeechSynthesizer on Mac OS X
- espeak – eSpeak on every other platform
We can specify engine like:
pyttsx3.init(driverName='sapi5')Share on Social Media
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Comments (1)
bearcatjamboree
I tried the save_to_file function but it doesn't seem to work:
I only get the first line of the file despite verifying with a print() statement that mytext has the entire text document inside it. Any idea why and how to work around it?