Talkbot

Discord bot for text-to-speech and language translation

Try it out here: https://discord.gg/NxrPp8g

Docker

1. If your on windows10, Install wsl2 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10 else go to step two ;)
2. Install docker https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/
3. Clone this repo or Download the talkbot files and extract them.
4. Copy config/auth.example to config/auth.json and put in your discord app key.
   • To learn how to setup a discord app and get this token go here
   • AMAZON: To learn how to setup Amazon AWS Polly go here
   • AZURE: To learn how to setup Azure go here
5. Add a file, config/google-auth.json with the google credentials
   • GOOGLE: To learn how to setup your Google API credentials go here
6. In the command line run docker pull faxwang/talkbot:latest this will take a while.
7. In the command line run change directory to the project root and run
   • docker-compose up -d to run talkbot in the background
   • docker-compose up to run talkbot in the foreground
8. It should be running now.

Quick start

1. Click here to add the bot to your discord: https://discordapp.com/oauth2/authorize?&client_id=428866923267358721&scope=bot&permissions=0
2. Join a voice channel
3. Type !follow
4. Type the message Hello World to hear it read out to you

Documentation

Check out the documentation on gitbook: https://nullabork.gitbook.io/talkbot/

Commands in discord

The bot requires a master to control it. Once you're its master it'll convert your text into voice in the current voice channel. The bot will also follow you between voice channels. Other users will only be able to use the bot if you permit them to use it. If you don't use the bot for 30 minutes it'll unfollow you.

= Control =
 !follow            :: The bot will join your voice channel and speak what you write
 !unfollow          :: Release the bot
 !sidle             :: Take control of the bot from someone else
 !transfer          :: Transfer control of the bot to another person
 !permit [<user>]   :: Permit someone else to use the bot whilst it's following you
 !unpermit [<user>] :: Unpermit someone else from using the bot
 !tts               :: Speak when you're muted

= Personalization =
 !defaults              :: Reset your default voice settings
 !mypitch <pitch>       :: Alter the pitch of the bot's voice. Valid values are -20 to 20
 !myspeed <speed>       :: Alter the speed the bot talks. 1.0 is the default. Valid values are 0.25 to 4.0
 !myvoice <voice|alias> :: Change accent or style.
 !tolang <lang>         :: Translate your text to a different language eg. en, fr, jp, de etc.
 !mute                  :: Mute yourself so your text is not read out
 !unmute                :: Unmute yourself so all your text is read out

= More =
 !help info   :: info help commands
 !help server :: server help commands

Setup your own bot

Use this to setup your own bot on your own server. Note you will require a Google Cloud account to use their TTS API and an Amazon Polly account to use Amazon TTS voices. Both of these services have free tiers but may cost you money if you exceed their free caps. Each of these services can be turned on and off in the configuration of the bot.

Win 10 Software requirements

• node js - v18
• git

Install, setup and run

1. Clone this respository
   • git clone https://github.com/nullabork/talkbot talkbot
   • `git
2. Duplicate the auth.example file in the config directory and rename the new file to auth.json edit the file and paste in your discord app key.
   • To learn how to setup a discord app and get this token go here
3. Setup your prefered API provider - Google, Amazon AWS Polly or Azure or any combination of those.
   • GOOGLE: To learn how to setup your Google API credentials go here
   • AMAZON: To learn how to setup Amazon AWS Polly go here
   • AZURE: To learn how to setup Azure go here
4. Install NPM dependencies

   npm install

5. Run the bot!
   • node bot.js

Updating to the latest code

To update to the latest code run: git pull

Troubleshooting

Talk to us on discord

Google TTS API Issues

Confirm you've put the path to your API credentials file in the env var GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS. See Google cloud docs here

Acknowledgements

• WootoSmash - coder/bugmaker/shitposter
• FaxWang - coder/bugfinder/shitposter
• GreenLionVoltronPilot - bugfinder/shitposter
• Kingk22 - bugfinder/shitposter/questionanswerer
• Kelinmiriel - bugfinder/shitposter
• All the npm package builders!

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