WaveNet - Google Text To Speech API - Python
Here we take a look at configuring google cloud API and running a Python script to output an mp3 file with desired text to speech.
# Script Written by - Mikhail Kulin 2020 www.kulin.co
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"""Google Cloud Text-To-Speech API sample application .
Example usage:
python quickstart.py
"""
import os
os.environ["GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS"]="/home/mknet/Desktop/mypjkey.json"
from google.cloud import texttospeech
# Instantiates a client
client = texttospeech.TextToSpeechClient()
# Set the text input to be synthesized
synthesis_input = texttospeech.SynthesisInput(text="Hi, You’ve reached the offices of Tech-Core-Duo. Please leave a message with your contact information and we will return your call shortly. Thank you, have a great day.")
# Build the voice request, select the language code ("en-US") and the ssml
# voice gender ("female")
voice = texttospeech.VoiceSelectionParams(
language_code='en-US',
name='en-US-Wavenet-C',
ssml_gender=texttospeech.SsmlVoiceGender.FEMALE)
# Select the type of audio file you want returned
audio_config = texttospeech.AudioConfig(
audio_encoding=texttospeech.AudioEncoding.MP3)
# Perform the text-to-speech request on the text input with the selected
# voice parameters and audio file type
response = client.synthesize_speech(
input=synthesis_input, voice=voice, audio_config=audio_config
)
# The response's audio_content is binary.
with open('output.mp3', 'wb') as out:
# Write the response to the output file.
out.write(response.audio_content)
print('Audio content written to file "output.mp3"')```
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