fonckchain / text2voice

Node.js application that converts text to voice using Google Cloud Text-to-Speech API. Ideal for generating audio for videos, presentations, and more.

Text-to-Speech Application

This application uses Google's Text-to-Speech API to convert text into speech

🚀 Features 🚀

• Convert any text into speech
• Save the generated speech as an MP3 file
• Supports multiple voice profiles for customization
• Easy to use and integrate into your projects

🛠️ Setup 🛠️

1. Make sure you have Node.js installed on your system. If you don't have it installed, you can download it from the official website.
2. Clone this repository to your local machine.
3. Run npm install to install the necessary dependencies. This application uses the following Node.js packages:
   • @google-cloud/text-to-speech: The Google Text-to-Speech API client library for Node.js.
   • dotenv: A module that loads environment variables from a .env file into process.env.
4. Create a .env file in the root directory and add your Google Cloud credentials. You need to set the GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS variable to the path of your Google Cloud service account key JSON file. For example:

   GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="/path/to/your/service-account-file.json"
   

📝 How to Use 📝

1. Create a input.ssml file located in the root folder.
2. Write your text in the input.ssml file. You can use SSML tags for more control over the speech output.
3. Run node app.js to generate the speech.
4. The generated speech will be saved as an MP3 file in the output directory.

🎛️ Customization 🎛️

You can customize the voice profile used for the speech by editing the voiceProfiles.js file. Each voice profile is an object with the following properties:

• languageCode: The language of the voice.
• ssmlGender: The gender of the voice.
• name: The name of the voice.

📚 Resources 📚

• Google Text-to-Speech API Documentation LINKS
• Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Reference

📃 License 📃

This project is licensed under the MIT License.