https://gitlab.com/christosangel/sapo3
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Sapo3 is a suite of scripts-tools that can help the user convert a text file to an audio file.
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It uses the tts-edge API for text-to-speech conversion.
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Big txt files can be easily converted to audio books, using a wide range of customization capabilities.
When the user runs Sapo3, they will be presented with a menu of options:
o option: Fix name pronunciation with Fix Names
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c option: Split text to chapters with Chapterize -
v option: Convert File to audio -
f option: Check every sentence outcome with Fix Audio option.
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m option: Merging Audio Files -
p option: Configuring Preferences
i believe that's what speech-dispatcher is; a uniform interface for tts systems.
If you are referring to locally generated speech synthesis, the respecting outcome as far as I am concerned generally sounds generally poorer, and is more difficult to manage. However you can check out the original project https://gitlab.com/christosangel/sapo, where the audio files are generated locally.
well speech-dispatcher has no synthesis component, you can plug in any tts engine that follows the interface. it's nice to have a choice in engine just by implementing the support. personally i use piper which i feel gives a pretty good performance.
Indeed piper performs very well. Thank you for the input, I will most certainly consider adding the option to select tts engine in the near future, piper sounds totally worth it.