Text to Speech (TTS) library for Python 3. Works without internet connection or delay. Supports multiple TTS engines, including Sapi5, nsss, and espeak.
Project description
pyttsx3 is a text-to-speech conversion library in Python. Unlike alternative libraries, it works offline, and is compatible with both Python 2 and 3.
Installation
pip install py3-tts
> If you get installation errors, make sure you first upgrade your wheel version using : pip install –upgrade wheel
Linux installation requirements :
If you are on a Linux system and if the voice output is not working , then :
Install espeak, ffmpeg, and libespeak1 as shown below:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install espeak ffmpeg libespeak1
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()
Full documentation of the Library
Included TTS engines:
sapi5
nsss
espeak
Feel free to wrap another text-to-speech engine for use with pyttsx3.
Project Links:
PyPI (https://pypi.python.org)
Full Documentation (https://pyttsx3.readthedocs.org)
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