Python Program
University of the Philippines
How to Convert Text to Speech in Python
In this tutorial, we will learn how to convert the human language text into human-like speech.
Sometimes we prefer listening to the content instead of reading. We can do multitasking while listening
to the critical file data. Python provides many APIs to convert text to speech. The Google Text to Speech
API is popular and commonly known as the gTTS API.
It is very easy to use the tool and provides many built-in functions which used to save the text file as an
mp3 file.
You don't need to train a model with a neural network to convert files to speech. This is also difficult to
achieve. Instead, use these APIs to complete your tasks.
The gTTS API provides functionality to convert text files to different languages such as English, Hindi,
German, Tamil, French, etc. Voice speech can also be played in fast or slow mode.
As a final update however, it is not possible to change the language file. This is system generated and
cannot be changed.
To convert text files, use another offline library called pyttsx3.
Installation of gTTS API
Type the following command in the terminal to install the gTTS API.
Then, install the additional module to work with the gTTS.
and then install pyttsx3.
Let's understand the working of gTTS API
As you can see, it's very easy to use. We need to import it and pass it a gTTS object, which is an interface
to the Google Translator API.
