jtalkpy

Python rapper module of open_jtalk

Install

pip install jtalkpy

In order to use this module, open_jtalk command must be able to use. See OpenJtalk.

For Ubuntu system

sudo apt-get install open-jtalk open-jtalk-mecab-naist-jdic hts-voice-nitech-jp-atr503-m001

dict_dir should be /var/lib/mecab/dic/open-jtalk/naist-jdic

voice_file should be /usr/share/hts-voice/nitech-jp-atr503-m001/nitech_jp_atr503_m001.htsvoice

For other systems

Pleanse install from souce.

VOICE FILES

There are many open source HTS voice model files.

This page (Japanse) introduces many models.

Usage

from jtalkpy import Jtalk
dict_dir = "/var/lib/mecab/dic/open-jtalk/naist-jdic"
voice_file = "/usr/share/hts-voice/nitech-jp-atr503-m001/nitech_jp_atr503_m001.htsvoice"
# 
jtalk = Jtalk(dict_dir, voice_file)
jtalk.from_string("こんにちは、世界", output_file="/home/ubuntu/jtalk_wavs/hello.wav")

Open Jtalk options can be set at initialization of Jtalk object. And when from_string is called, you can also overwrite these options temporary.

Contribution

Feel free to create pull request.

1. Fork it ( http://github.com/yhay81/jtalkpy/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

Licence

MIT