added voice selection

main.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from video_creation.screenshot_downloader import download_screenshots_of_reddit_
 from video_creation.final_video import make_final_video
 from utils.loader import Loader
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
+import pyttsx3
 
 console = Console()
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
@@ -89,9 +90,27 @@ except:
     exit()
 console.log("[bold green]Enviroment Variables are set! Continuing...")
 
+
 if configured:
+    engine = pyttsx3.init()
+  
+    voices = engine.getProperty("voices")
+
+    array_of_voices = []
+
+    print("Available voices:")
+
+
+    for voice in voices:
+        array_of_voices.append(voice)
+
+    for i in range(len(array_of_voices)):
+        print(f"[{i}] {array_of_voices[i].name}\n")
+
+    selected_voice = int(input(f"Choose voice (0-{len(array_of_voices) - 1}): "))
+
     reddit_object = get_subreddit_threads()
-    length, number_of_comments = save_text_to_mp3(reddit_object)
+    length, number_of_comments = save_text_to_mp3(reddit_object, voices, selected_voice)
     download_screenshots_of_reddit_posts(
         reddit_object, number_of_comments, os.getenv("THEME", "light")
     )

requirements.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-gTTS==2.2.4
+audioread==2.1.9
 moviepy==1.0.3
-mutagen==1.45.1
 playwright==1.22.0
 praw==7.6.0
 python-dotenv==0.20.0
+pyttsx3==2.91
 rich==12.4.4
 yt_dlp==2022.5.18

video_creation/voices.py

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-from gtts import gTTS
+# from gtts import gTTS
+import pyttsx3
 from pathlib import Path
-from mutagen.mp3 import MP3
 from utils.console import print_step, print_substep
 from rich.progress import track
+import audioread
 
-
+def save_text_to_mp3(reddit_obj, voices, selected_voice):
-def save_text_to_mp3(reddit_obj):
     """Saves Text to MP3 files.
 
     Args:
@@ -14,12 +14,22 @@ def save_text_to_mp3(reddit_obj):
     print_step("Saving Text to MP3 files...")
     length = 0
 
+    if not selected_voice:
+        selected_voice = 0
+
     # Create a folder for the mp3 files.
     Path("assets/mp3").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
-    tts = gTTS(text=reddit_obj["thread_title"], lang="en", slow=False)
+    # tts = gTTS(text=reddit_obj["thread_title"], lang="en", slow=False)
-    tts.save(f"assets/mp3/title.mp3")
+    # tts.save(f"assets/mp3/title.mp3")
-    length += MP3(f"assets/mp3/title.mp3").info.length
+    engine = pyttsx3.init()
+    engine.setProperty("rate", 180)
+    engine.setProperty("voice", voices[selected_voice].id)
+    engine.save_to_file(reddit_obj["thread_title"], f"assets/mp3/title.mp3")
+    engine.runAndWait()
+
+    # length += MP3(f"assets/mp3/title.mp3").info.length
+    length += audioread.audio_open(f"assets/mp3/title.mp3").duration
 
     try:
         Path(f"assets/mp3/posttext.mp3").unlink()
@@ -27,17 +37,32 @@ def save_text_to_mp3(reddit_obj):
         pass
 
     if reddit_obj["thread_post"] != "":
-        tts = gTTS(text=reddit_obj["thread_post"], lang="en", slow=False)
+        # tts = gTTS(text=reddit_obj["thread_post"], lang="en", slow=False)
-        tts.save(f"assets/mp3/posttext.mp3")
+        # tts.save(f"assets/mp3/posttext.mp3")
-        length += MP3(f"assets/mp3/posttext.mp3").info.length
+        engine = pyttsx3.init()
+        engine.setProperty("rate", 180)
+        engine.setProperty("voice", voices[selected_voice].id)
+        engine.save_to_file(reddit_obj["thread_post"], f"assets/mp3/posttext.mp3")
+        engine.runAndWait()
+
+
+        # length += MP3(f"assets/mp3/posttext.mp3").info.length
+        length += audioread.audio_open(f"assets/mp3/posttext.mp3").duration
 
     for idx, comment in track(enumerate(reddit_obj["comments"]), "Saving..."):
         # ! Stop creating mp3 files if the length is greater than 50 seconds. This can be longer, but this is just a good starting point
         if length > 50:
             break
-        tts = gTTS(text=comment["comment_body"], lang="en", slow=False)
+        # tts = gTTS(text=comment["comment_body"], lang="en", slow=False)
-        tts.save(f"assets/mp3/{idx}.mp3")
+        # tts.save(f"assets/mp3/{idx}.mp3")
-        length += MP3(f"assets/mp3/{idx}.mp3").info.length
+        engine = pyttsx3.init()
+        engine.setProperty("rate", 180)
+        engine.setProperty("voice", voices[selected_voice].id)
+        engine.save_to_file(comment["comment_body"], f"assets/mp3/{idx}.mp3")
+        engine.runAndWait()
+
+        # length += MP3(f"assets/mp3/{idx}.mp3").info.length
+        length += audioread.audio_open(f"assets/mp3/{idx}.mp3").duration
 
     print_substep("Saved Text to MP3 files successfully.", style="bold green")
     # ! Return the index so we know how many screenshots of comments we need to make.