Unofficial python API for Responsive Voice

• Install
• Example
  • Voices
• Usage
• Credits

Last tested with ResponsiveVoice - Version 1.6.1

Install

pip install ResponsiveVoice

Example

from responsive_voice import ResponsiveVoice

engine = ResponsiveVoice()
engine.say("hello world")
engine.say("hello world",
           gender=ResponsiveVoice.MALE,
           rate=0.45)

engine = ResponsiveVoice(lang=ResponsiveVoice.PORTUGUESE_BR)
file_path = engine.get_mp3(u"olá mundo")
engine.play_mp3(file_path)

Voices

You can use pre defined configurations, aka, voices

from responsive_voice.voices import EnglishIndia, UKEnglishMale, \
    PortuguesePortugal

india = EnglishIndia()
uk = UKEnglishMale()
pt = PortuguesePortugal()
india.say("hello world")
uk.say("hello world")
pt.say("olá mundo")

Usage

say(sentence, mp3_file=None, lang=None, pitch=None, rate=None, vol=None, gender=None, play_cmd="mpg123 %1", blocking=True)

• sentence : The text you want to speak.
• mp3_file : The name of the output file. If None, a temporary file will be created and the text will be played in blocking mode. Otherwise it will be played without blocking.
• pitch : The pitch of the speaker.
• rate : The rate (speed) of the speaker, value between 0 and 1.
• vol : The volume (loudness) of the speaker, value between 0 and 1.
• gender : The gender of the speaker. E.g. ResponsiveVoice.FEMALE
• play_cmd : The command used to play the file. (Ignored for Windows OS. Library playsound would be used).
• blocking : Wether the program should wait until speaking is finished or not.

play_mp3(mp3_file, play_cmd="mpg123 %1", blocking=False)

• mp3_file : The name of the mp3 file you want to play.
• play_cmd : The command used to play the file (Ignored for Windows OS. Library playsound would be used).
• blocking : Whether the program should wait until playback is finished or not.

get_mp3(sentence, mp3_file=None, lang=None, pitch=None, rate=None, vol=None, gender=None)

• sentence : The text you want to speak.
• mp3_file : The name of the output file. If None, this will be generated from the text.
• pitch : The pitch of the speaker.
• rate : The rate (speed) of the speaker, value between 0 and 1.
• vol : The volume (loudness) of the speaker, value between 0 and 1.
• gender : The gender of the speaker. E.g. ResponsiveVoice.FEMALE

Credits

ResponsiveVoice

JarbasAI