This script takes an epub and reads it to an mp3, using TTS by https://github.com/coqui-ai/TTS
I recognize this is not very user friendly, but I wanted to share in case folks thought it was useful. If there are a few more people than myself that find this is useful I will keep working on turning it into something that could be used by someone without dev experience.
This installation requires Python 3.10 and Homebrew (I use homebrew to install espeak, pyenv and ffmpeg). Per this bug, mecab should also be installed via homebrew.
#install dependencies
brew install espeak pyenv ffmpeg mecab
#install epub2tts
git clone https://github.com/aedocw/epub2tts
cd epub2tts
pyenv install 3.10.11
pyenv local 3.10.11
#OPTIONAL - install this in a virtual environment
python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install .
Usage: epub2tts my-book.epub
For now I've only tested this on a linux machine (Ubuntu 22 in my case). Ensure you have ffmpeg installed before use.
#install dependencies
sudo apt install espeak-ng ffmpeg
#clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/aedocw/epub2tts
cd epub2tts
pip install .
Usage: epub2tts my-book.epub
Voice models will be saved locally in ~/.local/share/tts
Change to directory containing your epub and run with:
docker run -v "$PWD:$PWD" -v ~/.local/share/tts:/root/.local/share/tts -w "$PWD" -e BOOK=your-book.epub ghcr.io/aedocw/epub2tts:release
For now I've only tested this on a linux machine (Ubuntu 22 in my case)
#clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/aedocw/epub2tts
cd epub2tts
#create a virtual environment
python -m venv .venv
#activate the virtual environment
source .venv/bin/activate
#install dependencies
sudo apt install espeak-ng ffmpeg
pip install -r requirements.txt
Usage: python epub2tts.py my-book.epub