pyttsx3 is a text-to-speech conversion library in Python. Unlike alternative libraries, it works offline.
Buy me a coffee πBuy me a coffee π
pip install pyttsx3
If you get installation errors , make sure you first upgrade your wheel version using :
pip install --upgrade wheel
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If you are on a linux system and if the voice output is not working , then :
Install espeak , ffmpeg and libespeak1 as shown below:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install espeak ffmpeg libespeak1
- β¨Fully OFFLINE text to speech conversion
- π Choose among different voices installed in your system
- π Control speed/rate of speech
- π Tweak Volume
- π Save the speech audio as a file
- β€οΈ Simple, powerful, & intuitive API
import pyttsx3 engine = pyttsx3.init() engine.say("I will speak this text") engine.runAndWait()
Single line usage with speak function with default options
import pyttsx3 pyttsx3.speak("I will speak this text")
Changing Voice , Rate and Volume :
import pyttsx3 engine = pyttsx3.init() # object creation """ RATE""" rate = engine.getProperty('rate') # getting details of current speaking rate print (rate) #printing current voice rate engine.setProperty('rate', 125) # setting up new voice rate """VOLUME""" volume = engine.getProperty('volume') #getting to know current volume level (min=0 and max=1) print (volume) #printing current volume level engine.setProperty('volume',1.0) # setting up volume level between 0 and 1 """VOICE""" voices = engine.getProperty('voices') #getting details of current voice #engine.setProperty('voice', voices[0].id) #changing index, changes voices. o for male engine.setProperty('voice', voices[1].id) #changing index, changes voices. 1 for female engine.say("Hello World!") engine.say('My current speaking rate is ' + str(rate)) engine.runAndWait() engine.stop() """Saving Voice to a file""" # On linux make sure that 'espeak' and 'ffmpeg' are installed engine.save_to_file('Hello World', 'test.mp3') engine.runAndWait()
https://pyttsx3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
- sapi5
- nsss
- espeak
Feel free to wrap another text-to-speech engine for use with pyttsx3.
- PyPI (https://pypi.python.org)
- GitHub (https://github.com/nateshmbhat/pyttsx3)
- Full Documentation (https://pyttsx3.readthedocs.org)