Text-to-Speech (Speech Synthesis) Voices — tts

Various services offer a range of voice options:

Amazon Polly : https://docs.aws.amazon.com/polly/latest/dg/voicelist.html
Microsoft Cognitive Services Text to Speech REST API : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/language-support?tabs=tts#voice-styles-and-roles
Google Cloud Text-to-Speech API : https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/docs/voices
Coqui TTS : https://huggingface.co/spaces/coqui/CoquiTTS

Usage

tts_voices(service = c("amazon", "google", "microsoft", "coqui"), ...)

tts_amazon_voices(...)

tts_microsoft_voices(region = "westus")

tts_google_voices(...)

tts_coqui_voices()

Arguments

service: Service to use (Amazon, Google, Microsoft, or Coqui)
...: Additional arguments to service voice listings.
region: (Microsoft only) Region of your Microsoft Speech Service API Key

Value

(Amazon, Microsoft, and Google) A standardized data.frame featuring the following columns:

voice : Name of the voice
language : Spoken language
language_code : Abbreviation for the language of the speaker
gender : Male or female
service : The text-to-speech engine used

(Coqui TTS) A tibble featuring the following columns:

language : Spoken language
dataset : Dataset the deep learning model was trained on
model_name : Name of deep learning model
service : The text-to-speech engine used

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# Amazon Polly
if (tts_auth(service = "amazon")) {
tts_voices(service = "amazon")
}


# Microsoft Cognitive Services Text to Speech REST API
if (tts_auth(service = "microsoft")) {
tts_voices(service = "microsoft")
}

# Google Cloud Text-to-Speech API
if (tts_auth(service = "google")) {
tts_voices(service = "google")
}

# Coqui TTS
if (tts_auth(service = "coqui")) {
tts_voices(service = "coqui")
}

}