About

A lightweight fork of the google_speech library, that replaces sox with pygame-ce and removes sound effects for a lightweight and straightforward implementation.

Table of Contents

• About
  • Installation
  • Usage
    • Command-Line Interface (CLI)
      • Example: Save to File
    • Python Code Examples
      • Example 1: Play Text-to-Speech
      • Example 2: Save Speech to a File
  • Setting Up Development Environment
    • Prerequisites
    • Steps to Set Up the Environment
    • Building the Project
  • Common Commands
  • Notes

Installation

pip install google_speech_pyplay

Usage

The library provides both a Command-Line Interface (CLI) and an API for programmatic use.

Command-Line Interface (CLI)

You can use the google_speech_pyplay command directly from the terminal:

python -m google_speech_pyplay "Hello, world!" -l en

Options:

• -l, --lang: Specify the language (e.g., en for English, es for Spanish).
• -o, --output: Save the speech output to an MP3 file instead of playing it.

Example: Save to File

Save the text-to-speech output to output.mp3:

python -m google_speech_pyplay "Hello, world!" -l en -o output.mp3

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Python Code Examples

Here are some examples of how to use the library in Python scripts.

Example 1: Play Text-to-Speech

from google_speech_pyplay import Speech

# Specify the text and language
text = "Hello, world!"
language = "en"

# Create a Speech object and play the text
speech = Speech(text, language)
speech.play()

Example 2: Save Speech to a File

from google_speech_pyplay import Speech

# Specify the text and language
text = "Hola, mundo!"
language = "es"

# Create a Speech object and save the speech to an MP3 file
speech = Speech(text, language)
speech.save("output.mp3")

Setting Up Development Environment

To set up a fresh development environment for the google_speech_pyplay project, follow these steps:

Prerequisites

1. Ensure you have Python 3.10 or newer installed.
2. Install pip (comes bundled with Python) and upgrade it to the latest version:

   python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
   

Steps to Set Up the Environment

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/KarimAziev/google_speech_pyplay.git
   cd google_speech_pyplay
   

2. Create and activate a virtual environment:

   python3 -m venv .venv
   source .venv/bin/activate  # For Linux/Mac
   # or
   .venv\Scripts\activate     # On Windows
   

3. Upgrade core tools inside the virtual environment:

   pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
   

4. Install the project in editable (development) mode with all dependencies:

   pip install -e ".[dev]"  # Includes dev dependencies like black, pre-commit, isort
   

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Building the Project

To build the project for distribution, e.g., creating .tar.gz and .whl files:

1. Install the build tool:

   pip install build
   

2. Build the distribution:

   python -m build
   

This will generate a dist/ directory containing the following artifacts:

• Source distribution (google_speech_pyplay-x.y.z.tar.gz)
• Wheel file (google_speech_pyplay-x.y.z-py3-none-any.whl)

You can install these locally for testing or upload them to PyPI for publishing.

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Common Commands

• Clean build artifacts:

  rm -rf build dist *.egg-info
  

• Deactivate virtual environment:

  deactivate
  

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Notes

• This project uses setuptools_scm to handle versioning, based on the Git tags of the repository. Ensure you use proper semver tags like v1.0.0 to manage versions correctly.
• Dev dependencies (like black, isort) are automatically installed when running pip install -e ".[dev]".