Docker Setup for TTS (Text-to-speech) Service - Converting Text Content to Speech

Edited on In Views: Reading time ≈ 5 mins.

Converting textual content to speech, TTS, generating Chinese speech, reading aloud the entire text, and supporting multiple languages.

Purpose

Converting textual content to speech, converting website content to speech, speech synthesis, generating Chinese speech.

How to Use

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<div> 
<button onclick="synthesizeSpeech()">Read Aloud Entire Text</button>
</div>
<audio controls id="audioPlayer">Your browser does not support the audio element.</audio>      
<script>
  function synthesizeSpeech() { 
    var inputText = document.getElementsByClassName('post-block')[0].innerText;
    var voice = "ZH";
    var url = 'https://tts.carlzeng.com:3/speech?text=' + encodeURIComponent(inputText) + '&voice=' + voice;
    var audioPlayer = document.getElementById('audioPlayer');          
    audioPlayer.src = url;
    audioPlayer.load();
    audioPlayer.play();
  }
</script>
  1. Add the above HTML content to your HTML page (or template).
  2. Edit/modify the inputText content source to the text content you want to read aloud.

Implementation Process

TTS docker, eSpeak TTS server for WebSpeech.

There are many solutions, but none are user-friendly or support Mandarin Chinese.

https://github.com/synesthesiam/opentts
docker run -it -p 5500:5500 synesthesiam/opentts:zh –no-espeak
Drawback: Does not support Mandarin Chinese, cannot include English.

Preview the full process Setup a Text to Speech Engine (ON YOUR COMPUTER)

New Solution:

Text-to-speech server
https://github.com/parente/espeakbox

http://192.168.6.203:8089/speech?text=排查Nginx Proxy Manager，反向代理，让网站变成HTTPS&voice=ZH

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Text-to-speech server
https://github.com/parente/espeakbox

Docker-specific Location

https://hub.docker.com/r/parente/espeakbox

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Source of Inspiration

https://github.com/parente/espeakbox

https://github.com/kripken/speak.js

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