Aspeak

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aspeak is a text-to-speech client that uses the Azure TTS API to convert text into speech. It offers flexible authentication, configuration profiles, and supports various audio formats and qualities.

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Pricing

Open Source

Free tier

Yes

API

Yes

Skill level

Technical

About

What is aspeak?

aspeak is a versatile command-line interface (CLI) and Python library for text-to-speech conversion, leveraging the Azure TTS API. It allows users to generate speech from text or SSML input, offering extensive control over voice, locale, pitch, rate, and style. The tool supports both RESTful and WebSocket API modes for Azure TTS and provides options for authentication via subscription keys, environment variables, or configuration profiles. Users can save synthesized speech to various audio formats like WAV, MP3, OGG, and WebM, with adjustable quality levels. aspeak is ideal for developers and content creators who need a robust and customizable solution for integrating high-quality text-to-speech capabilities into their applications or workflows.

Best used for

Ideal for content creators who need to generate high-quality voiceovers, create audio versions of written content, and integrate text-to-speech into their applications. Especially valuable for those requiring fine-grained control over voice characteristics and output formats using the Azure TTS API.

Common actions

convert text to speech

generate audio content

customize voice output

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Capabilities

Key features

Text-to-speech conversion
SSML input support
Customizable voice parameters
Multiple audio output formats
Authentication profiles
CLI and Python library

Target Audience

content creator

Integrations

Not yet documented

Pricing & Plans

Open Source

Free

FAQs

What Azure TTS API modes does aspeak support?

aspeak supports both the RESTful API and WebSocket API modes for Azure TTS. By default, it uses the RESTful API, but users can specify the WebSocket mode via a command-line argument or within their configuration profile for specific use cases.

How can I authenticate aspeak with Azure TTS?

Authentication can be done using a subscription key and region, or a custom endpoint. You can also store authentication details in a configuration profile or set environment variables like ASPEAK_AUTH_KEY or ASPEAK_AUTH_TOKEN to avoid repetition.

Can I customize the voice, pitch, and rate of the generated speech?

Yes, aspeak offers extensive customization options for voice parameters. You can specify the voice, locale, pitch, rate, and style. Pitch and rate can be adjusted using relative values, percentages, or predefined terms like 'x-slow' or 'high'.

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