Added pyttsx3 instead of gTTS, now has a male voice.

You can probably do more with this than me - I'm new to python. I just preferred a male voice over the old (annoying) female voice!

.env.template

@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ REDDIT_2FA=""
 THEME=""
 
 SUBREDDIT=""
+
+# Set the talk speed for TTS. Recommended option is 180
+TALK_SPEED=

main.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import time
 
 from reddit.subreddit import get_subreddit_threads
 from video_creation.background import download_background, chop_background_video
-from video_creation.voices import save_text_to_mp3
+from video_creation.voices import save_text_to_wav
 from video_creation.screenshot_downloader import download_screenshots_of_reddit_posts
 from video_creation.final_video import make_final_video
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ time.sleep(3)
 reddit_object = get_subreddit_threads()
 
 load_dotenv()
-length, number_of_comments = save_text_to_mp3(reddit_object)
+length, number_of_comments = save_text_to_wav(reddit_object)
 download_screenshots_of_reddit_posts(reddit_object, number_of_comments, os.getenv("THEME"))
 download_background()
 chop_background_video(length)

requirements.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-gTTS==2.2.4
 moviepy==1.0.3
 mutagen==1.45.1
 playwright==1.22.0
@@ -6,3 +5,4 @@ praw==7.6.0
 python-dotenv==0.20.0
 rich==12.4.4
 yt_dlp==2022.5.18
+pyttsx3==2.90

video_creation/final_video.py

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ def make_final_video(number_of_clips):
     # Gather all audio clips
     audio_clips = []
     for i in range(0, number_of_clips):
-        audio_clips.append(AudioFileClip(f"assets/mp3/{i}.mp3"))
-    audio_clips.insert(0, AudioFileClip(f"assets/mp3/title.mp3"))
+        audio_clips.append(AudioFileClip(f"assets/wav/{i}.wav"))
+    audio_clips.insert(0, AudioFileClip(f"assets/wav/title.wav"))
     audio_concat = concatenate_audioclips(audio_clips)
     audio_composite = CompositeAudioClip([audio_concat])
 

video_creation/voices.py

@@ -1,34 +1,36 @@
-from gtts import gTTS
+import pyttsx3
 from pathlib import Path
-from mutagen.mp3 import MP3
+from mutagen.wave import WAVE
 from utils.console import print_step, print_substep
 from rich.progress import track
 
 
-def save_text_to_mp3(reddit_obj):
-    """Saves Text to MP3 files.
+def save_text_to_wav(reddit_obj):
+    """Saves Text to WAV files.
 
     Args:
         reddit_obj : The reddit object you received from the reddit API in the askreddit.py file.
     """
-    print_step("Saving Text to MP3 files...")
+    print_step("Saving Text to WAV files...")
     length = 0
 
     # Create a folder for the mp3 files.
-    Path("assets/mp3").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    Path("assets/wav").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
-    tts = gTTS(text=reddit_obj["thread_title"], lang="en", slow=False)
-    tts.save(f"assets/mp3/title.mp3")
-    length += MP3(f"assets/mp3/title.mp3").info.length
+    engine = pyttsx3.init()
+    engine.setProperty("rate", 180)
+    engine.save_to_file(reddit_obj["thread_title"], f"assets/wav/title.wav")
+    engine.runAndWait()
+    length += WAVE(f"assets/wav/title.wav").info.length
 
     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
+        # ! Stop creating wav 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.save(f"assets/mp3/{idx}.mp3")
-        length += MP3(f"assets/mp3/{idx}.mp3").info.length
+        engine.save_to_file(comment["comment_body"], f"assets/wav/{idx}.wav")
+        engine.runAndWait()
+        length += WAVE(f"assets/wav/{idx}.wav").info.length
 
-    print_substep("Saved Text to MP3 files successfully.", style="bold green")
+    print_substep("Saved Text to WAV files successfully.", style="bold green")
     # ! Return the index so we know how many screenshots of comments we need to make.
     return length, idx