python-msspeak 0.1.3

Python Microsoft Speak

python-msspeak is a library to produce a text-to-speech file using Microsoft Translate web services.

In order to utilize this service you must sign up for Microsoft Translator service and register an application. More information on creating a Microsoft account is located at the getting started with Microsoft Translator API page.

Quickstart

A quick-and-dirty script to utilize the python-msspeak library.

client_id is the Microsoft Translator API client_id, and client_secret is the Microsoft Translator API client_secret:

import msspeak

client_id = 'XXXXXXXXXXXX'
client_secret = 'YYYYYYYYYYYYYY'

tts_msspeak = msspeak.MSSpeak(client_id, client_secret, '/tmp/')
output_filename = tts_msspeak.speak("This is the text I will speak to you", "en")

print "Recorded TTS to %s" % output_filename

Features

• Produce text to speech in different languages.

Installation

Install, upgrade and uninstall python-msspeak.py with these commands:

$ pip install python-msspeak
$ pip install --upgrade python-msspeak
$ pip uninstall python-msspeak

Example usage and output

Usage:

$ python-msspeak --client_id=<client_id> --client_secret=<client_secret> -t <text> [-d <directory>] [-url <service_url>] [-h]

Example:

$ msspeak --client_id=XXXXXXXXX --client_secret=YYYYYYYYYY -t "Salut, Vous vous appelez comment?" -l fr

Output :

$ Recorded TTS to /tmp/MSTRANSLATE-8895934760117809679-fr.mp3

Feedback

Feedback are more than welcome, post bugs and feature requests on github: http://github.com/newfies-dialer/python-msspeak/issues

Extra information

Newfies-Dialer, an open source Auto Dialer software, uses this module to synthetize audio files being play to the end-user. Further information about Newfies-Dialer can be found at http://www.newfies-dialer.org

This module is built and supported by Star2Billing: http://www.star2billing.com

Source download

The source code is currently available on github. Fork away!

https://github.com/newfies-dialer/python-msspeak

API Methods

Microsoft Translator API Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff512404.aspx

• addTranslation (not implemented)

• addTranslationArray (not implemented)

• breakSentences (not working)

• detect (not implemented)

• detectArray (not implemented)

• getAppIdToken (not implemented) This is a legacy, replaced by Access Token

• getLanguageNames (not implemented)

• getLanguagesForSpeak (not implemented)

• getLanguagesForTranslate (not implemented)

• getTranslations (not implemented)

• getTranslationsArray (not implemented)

• speak: implemented

• translate (not implemented)

• translateArray (not implemented)

• translateArray2 (not implemented)

Other libraries

• Javascript: https://github.com/nanek/mstranslator

• Python: https://pypi-hypernode.com/pypi/mstranslator

• Python: https://github.com/bebound/Python-Microsoft-Translate-API

History

0.1.1 (2015-10-08)

• Improve Readme and add script to updateversion

0.1.0 (2015-10-06)

• First release on PyPI.