Complete Guide to Use Python Text-to-Speech Engine pyttsx3

pip install pyttsx3

pip install pyobjc

sudo apt-get install espeak

import pyttsx3

# Initialize the TTS engineengine = ()

# Set the text to be said("Hello, I'm a Python text to speech engine")

# Run and wait for the voice to complete()

# Get the current speaking speedrate = ('rate')
print(f"Current speaking speed：{rate}")

# Set a new speaking speed (50% reduction)('rate', rate-100)

("This is the voice effect after lowering the speed of speech")
()

# Get the current volumevolume = ('volume')
print(f"Current volume：{volume}")

# Set the new volume (0.0 to 1.0)('volume', 0.7)  #70% volume
("This is the voice effect after adjusting the volume")
()

# Get a list of available soundsvoices = ('voices')

# Print information about available soundsfor i, voice in enumerate(voices):
    print(f"voice{i}:")
    print(f" - ID: {}")
    print(f" - name: {}")
    print(f" - language: {}")
    print(f" - gender: {}")
    print(f" - age: {}")

# Set the second sound (if any)if len(voices) > 1:
    ('voice', voices[1].id)
    ("This is the effect of using another sound")
    ()

engine = ()

# Set the text to be savedtext = "This text will be saved as an audio file"

# Save as WAV fileengine.save_to_file(text, '')
()

def onStart(name):
    print(f'start: {name}')

def onWord(name, location, length):
    print(f'word: {name}, Location: {location}, length: {length}')

def onEnd(name, completed):
    print(f'Finish: {name}, Finish: {completed}')

# Connect callback functionengine = ()
('started-utterance', onStart)
('started-word', onWord)
('finished-utterance', onEnd)

('This text will trigger the callback function')
()

import threading
import time

def speak_in_thread(text):
    engine = ()
    (text)
    ()
    ()

# Create a thread to play voicespeech_thread = (target=speak_in_thread, args=("This text will be played in a separate thread and will not block the main program",))
speech_thread.start()

# The main program can continue to perform other tasksprint("Voice playback has started, but the main program continues to execute")
for i in range(5):
    print(f"Main thread count: {i}")
    (0.5)

# Wait for the voice thread to endspeech_thread.join()
print("Voice playback is completed")

import pyttsx3

def text_reader(file_path):
    try:
        with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
            text = ()
            
        engine = ()
        print("Start reading the file...")
        (text)
        ()
        print("File reading completed")
    except FileNotFoundError:
        print(f"mistake: File not found '{file_path}'")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"发生mistake: {e}")

#User Exampletext_reader('')

import pyttsx3
import time
import threading

class VoiceReminder:
    def __init__(self):
         = ()
         = []
         = True
        self.check_thread = (target=self._check_reminders)
        self.check_thread.daemon = True
        self.check_thread.start()
    
    def add_reminder(self, message, minutes):
        reminder_time = () + minutes * 60
        ((reminder_time, message))
        print(f"Reminder set: '{message}' Will be in {minutes} Reminder in minutes")
    
    def _check_reminders(self):
        while :
            current_time = ()
            # Check if there is an expired reminder            for i, (reminder_time, message) in enumerate([:]):
                if current_time >= reminder_time:
                    print(f"remind: {message}")
                    (message)
                    ()
                    # Delete triggered reminders                    (i)
            (1)
    
    def stop(self):
         = False
        self.check_thread.join(timeout=1)

#User Examplereminder = VoiceReminder()
reminder.add_reminder("It's time to drink water", 0.1)  # Reminder in 6 secondsreminder.add_reminder("Stay a break from your eyes", 0.2)  # Reminder in 12 seconds
# Keep the program running long enough to trigger the reminder(15)
()