Merge pull request #348 from willwade/espeak-fixes-word-timing-ffmpeg

Remove FFMPEG, rework onSynth in espeak to finish correctly

.github/workflows/python_publish.yml

@@ -24,10 +24,8 @@ jobs:
       - if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update -q -q
-          sudo apt-get install --yes espeak espeak-ng ffmpeg libespeak1
-          espeak --version
+          sudo apt-get install --yes espeak-ng libespeak1
           espeak-ng --version
-          ffmpeg --version || true
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5

README.md

@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
 
 + If you are on a linux system and if the voice output is not working , then  : 
 
-	Install espeak , ffmpeg and libespeak1 as shown below: 
+	Install espeak and libespeak1 as shown below: 
 
 	```
-	sudo apt update && sudo apt install espeak ffmpeg libespeak1
+	sudo apt update && sudo apt install espeak libespeak1
 	```
 
 ## Usage :
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ engine.stop()
 
 
 """Saving Voice to a file"""
-# On linux make sure that 'espeak' and 'ffmpeg' are installed
+# On linux make sure that 'espeak' is installed
 engine.save_to_file('Hello World', 'test.mp3')
 engine.runAndWait()
 

README.rst

@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ Installation
 
 + If you are on a linux system and if the voice output is not working , then  : 
 
-Install espeak , ffmpeg and libespeak1 as shown below: 
+Install espeak and libespeak1 as shown below: 
 
 ::
 
-	sudo apt update && sudo apt install espeak ffmpeg libespeak1
+	sudo apt update && sudo apt install espeak-ng libespeak1
 
 
 Usage :
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Usage :
 	engine.stop()
 
 	"""Saving Voice to a file"""
-	# On linux make sure that 'espeak' and 'ffmpeg' are installed
+	# On linux make sure that 'espeak' are installed
 	engine.save_to_file('Hello World', 'test.mp3')
 	engine.runAndWait()
 

docs/install.rst

@@ -90,4 +90,3 @@ code-block:: bash
 .. _espeak: http://espeak.sourceforge.net/
 .. _virtualenv: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv/1.10.1
 .. _pip: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip
-.. _ffmpeg: https://www.ffmpeg.org/

example/main.py

@@ -1,34 +1,39 @@
 import pyttsx3
-engine = pyttsx3.init() # object creation
+
+engine = pyttsx3.init()  # object creation
 
 """ RATE"""
-rate = engine.getProperty('rate')   # getting details of current speaking rate
-print(rate)                        #printing current voice rate
-engine.setProperty('rate', 125)     # setting up new voice rate
+rate = engine.getProperty("rate")  # getting details of current speaking rate
+print(rate)  # printing current voice rate
+engine.setProperty("rate", 125)  # setting up new voice rate
 
 
 """VOLUME"""
-volume = engine.getProperty('volume')   #getting to know current volume level (min=0 and max=1)
-print(volume)                          #printing current volume level
-engine.setProperty('volume',1.0)    # setting up volume level  between 0 and 1
+volume = engine.getProperty(
+    "volume"
+)  # getting to know current volume level (min=0 and max=1)
+print(volume)  # printing current volume level
+engine.setProperty("volume", 1.0)  # setting up volume level  between 0 and 1
 
 """VOICE"""
-voices = engine.getProperty('voices')       #getting details of current voice
-#engine.setProperty('voice', voices[0].id)  #changing index, changes voices. 0 for male
-engine.setProperty('voice', voices[1].id)   #changing index, changes voices. 1 for female
+voices = engine.getProperty("voices")  # getting details of current voice
+# engine.setProperty('voice', voices[0].id)  #changing index, changes voices. 0 for male
+engine.setProperty(
+    "voice", voices[1].id
+)  # changing index, changes voices. 1 for female
 
 """PITCH"""
-pitch = engine.getProperty('pitch')   #Get current pitch value
-print(pitch)                          #Print current pitch value
-engine.setProperty('pitch', 75)       #Set the pitch (default 50) to 75 out of 100
+pitch = engine.getProperty("pitch")  # Get current pitch value
+print(pitch)  # Print current pitch value
+engine.setProperty("pitch", 75)  # Set the pitch (default 50) to 75 out of 100
 
 engine.say("Hello World!")
-engine.say('My current speaking rate is ' + str(rate))
+engine.say("My current speaking rate is " + str(rate))
 engine.runAndWait()
 engine.stop()
 
 
 """Saving Voice to a file"""
-# On linux make sure that 'espeak' and 'ffmpeg' are installed
-engine.save_to_file('Hello World', 'test.mp3')
+# On linux make sure that 'espeak' is installed
+engine.save_to_file("Hello World", "test.mp3")
 engine.runAndWait()