text_to_speech_system.ipynb

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    "# THIS IS AN IMPLEMENTATION THAT WILL SAVE THE TEXT TO MP3 THEN PLAY IT\n",
    "from gtts import gTTS\n",
    "import os\n",
    "import time\n",
    "\n",
    "def speak_text(text):\n",
    "    tts = gTTS(text=text, lang='en')            # create gTTS object\n",
    "    tts.save(\"temp.mp3\")                        # save as mp3 file\n",
    "    os.system(\"mpg321 temp.mp3\")                # play the mp3 file\n",
    "    time.sleep(1)                               # ensure there's a pause between each piece of text\n",
    "\n",
    "# list of texts to read\n",
    "texts = ['Hello world', 'I am a text-to-speech system', 'Nice to meet you']\n",
    "\n",
    "for text in texts:\n",
    "    speak_text(text)"
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    "# THIS IMPLEMENTATION DOES NOT REQUIRE THE TEXT TO BE SAVED TO MP3\n",
    "import pyttsx3\n",
    "import time\n",
    "\n",
    "def speak_text(text):\n",
    "    engine = pyttsx3.init()\n",
    "    \n",
    "    \n",
    "    rate = engine.getProperty('rate')\n",
    "    engine.setProperty('rate', rate + 10)        # increase the speech rate (words per minute)\n",
    "    \n",
    "    engine.say(text)\n",
    "    engine.runAndWait()                          # blocks while processing all the currently queued commands\n",
    "\n",
    "    #time.sleep(1)                               # ensure there's a pause between each piece of text\n",
    "\n",
    "# list of texts to read\n",
    "texts = ['Hello world', 'I am a text-to-speech system', 'Nice to meet you']\n",
    "\n",
    "for text in texts:\n",
    "    speak_text(text)"
   ]
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