Generate speech audio from super long text through machine, via Amazon Polly, ffmpeg).
Do you want to:
- Share your ideas anonymously on YouTube?
- Pretend on phone that you are not a kid (Home Alone)?
- Learn good english pronunciation for a speech?
- Make your computer read out your school notes?
- Experiment with various voices from around the globe?
- Or, Upload Wikipedia TTS videos on YouTube?
Sample: "I want to order a stuffed crust pizza".
- Run
npm install -g extra-amazonttsin console.- To install this as a package use
npm install extra-amazontts.- Make sure ffmpeg is installed (present in PATH).
amazontts "I want to order a stuffed crust pizza" # out.mp3 created (yay!) amazontts -t speech.txt -o speech.mp3 # speech.mp3 created from text in speech.txt amazontts "Hello 911, my husband is in danger!" -vg female # out.mp3 created with female voice echo "Dead man walking." | amazontts --log -vn Matthew # out.mp3 created with different male voice (log enabled)Available TTS voices?
amazontts [options] <text> # text: input text # Options: # --help: show this help # -l, --log: enable log # -o, --output: set output audio file (out.mp3) # -t, --text: set input text file # -r, --retries: set speech synthesis retries (8) # -a, --acodec: set acodec (copy) # -ae, --audio_encoding: set audio encoding # -as, --audio_frequency: set audio frequency/sample rate in Hz # -tt, --text_type: set text type (text) # -lc, --language_code: set language code # -ll, --language_lexicons: set pronounciation lexicon names # -vn, --voice_name: set voice name # -vg, --voice_gender: set voice gender # -qb, --quote_break: set quoted text break time (250) # -qe, --quote_emphasis: set quoted text emphasis level (moderate) # -hb, --heading_break: set heading text break time (4000) # -hd, --heading_difference: set heading text break difference (250) # -he, --heading_emphasis: set heading text emphasis level (strong) # -eb, --ellipsis_break: set ellipsis break time (1500) # -db, --dash_break: set dash break time (500) # -nb, --newline_break: set newline break time (1000) # -bl, --block_length: set SSML block length (3000) # -bs, --block_separator: set SSML block separator (.) # -c*, --config_*: set amazon config options (see Extra AWS Config options below) ## (all times are in milliseconds) # Environment variables: $TTS_LOG # enable log (0) $TTS_OUTPUT # set output audio file (out.mp3) $TTS_TEXT # set input text file $TTS_RETRIES # set speech synthesis retries (8) $TTS_ACODEC # set audio acodec (copy) $TTS_AUDIO_ENCODING # set audio encoding format $TTS_AUDIO_FREQUENCY # set audio frequency/sample rate in Hz $TTS_LANGUAGE_CODE # set language code $TTS_LANGUAGE_LEXICONS # set pronounciation lexicon names $TTS_VOICE_NAME # set voice name (Joanna) $TTS_VOICE_GENDER # set voice gender (neutral) $TTS_QUOTE_BREAK # set quoted text break time (250) $TTS_QUOTE_EMPHASIS # set quoted text emphasis level (moderate) $TTS_HEADING_BREAK # set heading text break time (4000) $TTS_HEADING_DIFFERENCE # set heading text break difference (250) $TTS_HEADING_EMPHASIS # set heading text emphasis level (strong) $TTS_ELLIPSIS_BREAK # set ellipsis break time (1500) $TTS_DASH_BREAK # set dash break time (500) $TTS_NEWLINE_BREAK # set newline break time (1000) $TTS_BLOCK_LENGTH # set SSML block length (5000) $TTS_BLOCK_SEPARATOR # set SSML block separator (.) ... # see Extra AWS Config options belowSee Extra AWS Config options.
const amazontts = require('extra-amazontts'); await amazontts('out.mp3', 'I want to order a stuffed crust pizza'); // out.mp3 created (yay!) const fs = require('fs'); var speech = fs.readFileSync('speech.txt', 'utf8'); await amazontts('speech.mp3', speech) // speech.mp3 created from text in speech.txt await amazontts('out.mp3', 'Hello 911, my husband is in danger!', { voice: {gender: 'female'} }); // out.mp3 created with female voice await amazontts('out.mp3', 'Dead man walking.', { voice: {name: 'Matthew'}, log: true }); // out.mp3 created with different male voice (log enabled)const amazontts = require('extra-amazontts'); amazontts(output, text, options={}) // output: output audio file // text: input text // options: given below // -> Promise <table of contents> // Default options: options = { stdio: [0, 1, 2], // set child process stdio log: false, // enable log retries: 8, // set speech synthesis retries acodec: 'copy', // set audio acodec audio: { encoding: '', // set audio encoding format frequency: 0, // set audio frequency/sample rate in Hz }, language: { code: '', // set language code lexicons: [], // set pronounciation lexicon names }, voice: { name: '', // set voice name gender: 'neutral' // set voice gender }, quote: { break: 250, // set quoted text break time emphasis: 'moderate' // set quoted text emphasis level }, heading: { break: 4000, // set heading text break time difference: 250, // set heading text break difference emphasis: 'strong', // set heading text emphasis level }, ellipsis: { break: 1500 // set ellipsis break time }, dash: { break: 500 // set dash break time }, newline: { break: 1000 // set newline break time }, block: { length: 5000, // set SSML block length separator: '.' // set SSML block separator } config: null, // set amazon config options (see Extra AWS Config options below) params: null // set Polly synthesizeSpeech params "directly" }See Extra AWS Config options.
Do you need anything similar?
- extra-youtubeuploader can upload videos with caption to YouTube.
- extra-stillvideo can generate video from audio and image.
Suggestions are welcome. Please create an issue.
References: SSML, TTS voices, TTS client docs.
