/edge-tts-go

Use Microsoft Edge's online text-to-speech service from golang WITHOUT needing Microsoft Edge or Windows or an API key

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edge-tts-go

edge-tts-go is a golang module that allows you to use Microsoft Edge's online text-to-speech service from within your golang code or using the provided edge-tts-go command.

Installation

To install it, run the following command:

$ go install github.com/surfaceyu/edge-tts-go

Usage

Basic usage

If you want to use the edge-tts-go command, you can simply run it with the following command:

$ edge-tts-go --text "Hello, world!" --write-media hello.mp3

Changing the voice

If you want to change the language of the speech or more generally, the voice.

You must first check the available voices with the --list-voices option:

$ edge-tts-go --list-voices
Name: Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (af-ZA, AdriNeural)
ShortName: af-ZA-AdriNeural
Gender: Female
Locale: af-ZA

Name: Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (am-ET, MekdesNeural)
ShortName: am-ET-MekdesNeural
Gender: Female
Locale: am-ET

Name: Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (ar-EG, SalmaNeural)
ShortName: ar-EG-SalmaNeural
Gender: Female
Locale: ar-EG

Name: Microsoft Server Speech Text to Speech Voice (ar-SA, ZariyahNeural)
ShortName: ar-SA-ZariyahNeural
Gender: Female
Locale: ar-SA

...

$ edge-tts-go --voice zh-CN-XiaoxiaoNeural --text "秦时明月汉时关，万里长征人未还" --write-media hello_in_chinese.mp3

Changing rate and volume

It is possible to make minor changes to the generated speech.

$ edge-tts-go --rate=-50% --text "Hello, world!" --write-media hello_with_rate_halved.mp3
$ edge-tts-go --volume=-50% --text "Hello, world!" --write-media hello_with_volume_halved.mp3

go module

It is possible to use the edge-tts-go module directly from go. For a list of example applications:

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