Initial commit for TTS project

scripts/generate_podcast.py

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+import asyncio
+import edge_tts
+import os
+
+# Define the voices for each character
+voices = {
+    "Sonia": "en-GB-RyanNeural",  # Using British male voice as suggested in the script
+    "Author": "en-US-GuyNeural",   # Using American tech bro voice as suggested for Graham
+}
+
+async def generate_audio(text, voice, output_file):
+    """Generate audio using Edge TTS"""
+    communicate = edge_tts.Communicate(text, voice)
+    await communicate.save(output_file)
+    print(f"Generated: {output_file}")
+
+async def main():
+    # Create output directory if it doesn't exist
+    os.makedirs("output/podcast", exist_ok=True)
+    
+    # Read the podcast script
+    with open('scripts/podcast_script.txt', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        content = f.read()
+    
+    # Split the content by double newlines to separate character dialogues
+    parts = content.split('\n\n')
+    
+    tasks = []
+    for i, part in enumerate(parts):
+        if part.strip():
+            # Extract character name and dialogue
+            if ':' in part:
+                char_name = part.split(':', 1)[0].strip()  # Split only on the first colon
+                dialogue = part.split(':', 1)[1].strip()
+                
+                # Determine the voice for this character
+                if char_name in voices:
+                    voice = voices[char_name]
+                    output_file = f"output/podcast/{char_name.lower()}_{i}.mp3"
+                    
+                    # Create the async task
+                    task = generate_audio(dialogue, voice, output_file)
+                    tasks.append(task)
+    
+    # Run all tasks concurrently
+    if tasks:
+        await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
+    
+    print("All audio files generated!")
+  
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())