Text-to-speech (TTS) module that works under Python 3

Question

I have tried PyTTS (deprecated) and PyTTSx (the most recommended) and two Google TTS solutions (gTTS and another one by some guy named Hung Truong) but none of them worked under Python 3.4. It seems they haven't been ported to 3.x.

I searched here on StackOverflow and Google, but all the proposed TTS solutions don't work under Python 3. I'm on Windows 7.

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 03 '15 at 10:11

A user on Reddit found a solution.

Turns out that gTTS works under Python 3.x, it was me that was importing the module wrong.

I was using:

import gtts
blabla = ("Spoken text")
tts = gTTS(text=blabla, lang='en')
tts.save("C:/test.mp3")

Resulting in the following error:

NameError: name 'gTTS' is not defined

When the correct way is:

from gtts import gTTS
blabla = ("Spoken text")
tts = gTTS(text=blabla, lang='en')
tts.save("C:/test.mp3")

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 28 '20 at 08:32

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The best solution for that is :

pyttsx3

Pyttsx3 is an offline cross-platform Text-to-Speech library which is compatible with both Python 3 and Python 2 and supports multiple TTS engines.

I have found it very useful and there is no delay in sound production unlike gTTS which needs internet connection to work and also has some delay.

To install :

Here is a sample code :


    import pyttsx3
    engine = pyttsx3.init()
    engine.say("Hello this is me talking")
    engine.setProperty('rate',120)  #120 words per minute
    engine.setProperty('volume',0.9) 
    engine.runAndWait()

edited Jun 28 '20 at 08:32

tfv

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answered Jun 26 '17 at 03:48

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If using windows, install pypiwin32 as well `python -m pip install pypiwin32` – Suresh Anbarasan Dec 07 '17 at 09:26
Still getting error. This time: com_error: (-2147352573, 'Member not found.', None, None) – Radek Apr 19 '18 at 11:52
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How do you save an audio file of the speech with pyttsx3? – joejoejoejoe4 Sep 24 '18 at 05:53

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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I just installed gtts 1.0.7 that was uploaded on 2015-10-07

The following code works for me in Python 3.5:

import subprocess
from gtts import gTTS

audio_file = "hello.mp3"
tts = gTTS(text="Hello World!", lang="en")
tts.save(audio_file)
return_code = subprocess.call(["afplay", audio_file])

I'm on a Mac using in the inbuilt "afply" to play the mp3 but there are other ways e.g. Playing mp3 song on python

edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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answered Dec 12 '15 at 10:41

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If you're going to use subprocess on OS X, why not just subprocess.call(["say", "Hello World!"]) – Sam Washburn Aug 25 '16 at 03:21

sgp · Answer 4 · 2015-06-03T07:40:47.343

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Rather than using a module, you could use Google Text-to-Speech API . You can easily use this URL to generate a wav file and get it through a simple HTTP request:

http://www.translate.google.com/translate_tts?tl=en&q=Hello%20World

edited Jun 03 '15 at 07:40

answered Jun 03 '15 at 07:08

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Google does protect this link with a captcha :( – Maecky Sep 29 '15 at 12:02

Text-to-speech (TTS) module that works under Python 3

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pyttsx3

To install :

Here is a sample code :

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