How To create a Text to Speech Python script using Google Colaboratory

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Lear how to Create a Text to Speech Python script using Google Colaboratory

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To create a Text to Speech Python script you can follow the steps below:

1. Open Google Colaboratory:
   1. Go to Google Colaboratory and sign in with your Google account.
2. Create a new Python notebook:
   1. Click on “File” -> “New Python 3 Notebook” to create a new notebook.
3. Import required libraries:
   1. Import the required libraries for the Text to Speech conversion. For example, you can use the gTTS library to convert text to speech.

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Add new Code Section with the command below and click play to install the gTTS library

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Enter text to convert:

In the first cell of the notebook, enter the text that you want to convert to speech.

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The full Python Script should looks like the code below

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from gtts import gTTS

text = "Hello, how are you today?"
language = 'en'
tld = '.com'  # English voice
speech_speed = 1 # normal speech speed
tts = gTTS(text=text, lang=language, slow=False)

# Save the speech as an audio file

filename = 'speech.mp3'
tts.save(filename)

# Play the speech

from IPython.display import Audio
Audio(filename)

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The Script will display similar data and player with the mp3 record from your text

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• Run the script:
  • Run the script by clicking on the “Run” button at the top of the notebook or by pressing “Shift + Enter” on your keyboard.
• Listen to the audio output:
  • Once the script is executed, you will see a new audio file named “hello.mp3” in the Files tab on the left-hand side. You can listen to the audio output by clicking on the file.

You have now created a Text to Speech Python script using Google Colaboratory

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Take a look of the 53 min Text to speech audio record made with this Python Text to Speech sample code above

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