/google-tts

Google TTS (Text-To-Speech) for node.js

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google-tts

Google TTS (Text-To-Speech) for node.js

Installation

$ npm install --save google-tts-api
$ npm install -D typescript @types/node # Only for TypeScript

Change Log

Please see CHANGELOG.

Usage

Method Options (all optional) Return Type Handle Long Text
getAudioUrl lang, slow, host string
getAudioBase64 lang, slow, host, timeout Promise<string>
getAllAudioUrls lang, slow, host, splitPunct { shortText: string; url: string; }[] ✅
getAllAudioBase64 lang, slow, host, timeout, splitPunct Promise<{ shortText: string; base64: string; }[]> ✅

Options (all optional)

Option Type Default Description
lang string en See all avaiable language code at https://cloud.google.com/speech/docs/languages
slow boolean false Use the slow audio speed if set slow to true
host string https://translate.google.com You can change the host if the default host could not work in your region (e.g. https://translate.google.com.cn).
timeout number 10000 (ms) (Only for getAudioBase64 and getAllAudioBase64) Set timeout for the HTTP request.
splitPunct string (Only for getAllAudioUrls and getAllAudioBase64) Set the punctuation to split the long text to short text. (e.g. "，、。")

Examples

1. getAudioUrl(text, [option])

import * as googleTTS from 'google-tts-api'; // ES6 or TypeScript
const googleTTS = require('google-tts-api'); // CommonJS

// get audio URL
const url = googleTTS.getAudioUrl('Hello World', {
  lang: 'en',
  slow: false,
  host: 'https://translate.google.com',
});
console.log(url); // https://translate.google.com/translate_tts?...

2. getAudioBase64(text, [option])

import * as googleTTS from 'google-tts-api'; // ES6 or TypeScript
const googleTTS = require('google-tts-api'); // CommonJS

// get base64 text
googleTTS
  .getAudioBase64('Hello World', {
    lang: 'en',
    slow: false,
    host: 'https://translate.google.com',
    timeout: 10000,
  })
  .then(console.log) // base64 text
  .catch(console.error);

3. getAllAudioUrls(text, [option]) (For text longer than 200 characters)

import * as googleTTS from 'google-tts-api'; // ES6 or TypeScript
const googleTTS = require('google-tts-api'); // CommonJS

const results = googleTTS.getAllAudioUrls('LONG_TEXT_...', {
  lang: 'en',
  slow: false,
  host: 'https://translate.google.com',
  splitPunct: ',.?',
});
console.log(results);
// [
//   { shortText: '...', url: '...' },
//   { shortText: '...', url: '...' },
//   ...
// ];

4. getAllAudioBase64(text, [option]) (For text longer than 200 characters)

import * as googleTTS from 'google-tts-api'; // ES6 or TypeScript
const googleTTS = require('google-tts-api'); // CommonJS

googleTTS
  .getAllAudioBase64('LONG_TEXT_...', {
    lang: 'en',
    slow: false,
    host: 'https://translate.google.com',
    timeout: 10000,
    splitPunct: ',.?',
  })
  .then(console.log)
  // [
  //   { shortText: '...', base64: '...' },
  //   { shortText: '...', base64: '...' },
  //   ...
  // ];
  .catch(console.error);

More Examples

License

MIT