| # node-edge-tts | |
| node-edge-tts is a module that utilizes Microsoft Edge's online TTS (Text-to-Speech) service on Node.js | |
| ## Installation | |
| ``` | |
| npm install node-edge-tts | |
| ``` | |
| #### Or you can directly use it in the command line. | |
| ``` | |
| npx node-edge-tts -t 'Hello world' | |
| ``` | |
| ## Command line usage | |
| ``` | |
| Usage: npx node-edge-tts [options] | |
| Options: | |
| --help Show help [boolean] | |
| --version Show version number [boolean] | |
| -t, --text The text to be converted to speech [string] [required] | |
| -f, --filepath The output file path [string] [default: "./output.mp3"] | |
| -v, --voice The voice to be used | |
| [string] [default: "zh-CN-XiaoyiNeural"] | |
| -l, --lang The language to be used [string] [default: "zh-CN"] | |
| -o, --outputFormat The output format | |
| [string] [default: "audio-24khz-48kbitrate-mono-mp3"] | |
| --pitch The pitch of the voice [string] [default: "default"] | |
| -r, --rate The rate of the voice [string] [default: "default"] | |
| --volume The volume of the voice [string] [default: "default"] | |
| -s, --saveSubtitles Whether to save subtitles [boolean] [default: false] | |
| -p, --proxy example: http://localhost:7890 [string] | |
| --timeout The timeout of the request [number] [default: 10000] | |
| Examples: | |
| npx node-edge-tts -t 'Hello world' -f './output.mp3' | |
| ``` | |
| ## Module usage | |
| ``` | |
| const { EdgeTTS } = require('node-edge-tts') | |
| ``` | |
| or | |
| ``` | |
| import { EdgeTTS } from 'node-edge-tts' | |
| ``` | |
| ``` | |
| const tts = new EdgeTTS() | |
| await tts.ttsPromise('Hello world', path_to_audiofile_with_extension) | |
| ``` | |
| ### configure | |
| ``` | |
| const tts = new EdgeTTS({ | |
| voice: 'en-US-AriaNeural', | |
| lang: 'en-US', | |
| outputFormat: 'audio-24khz-96kbitrate-mono-mp3', | |
| saveSubtitles: true, | |
| proxy: 'http://localhost:7890', | |
| pitch: '-10%', | |
| rate: '+10%', | |
| volume: '-50%', | |
| timeout: 10000 | |
| }) | |
| ``` | |
| You can find the available options for speechconfig at [voice/lang](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/language-support?tabs=tts)|[outputFormat](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.cognitiveservices.speech.speechsynthesisoutputformat?view=azure-dotnet)|[pitch/rate/volume](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/speech-service/speech-synthesis-markup-voice), but not all options are available due to limitations of the services provided by Microsoft Edge. | |
| ### subtitles | |
| Subtitles are json files with the same name as the audio file, as shown below: | |
| ``` | |
| \\ the *start* is the time point at which the *part* begins, | |
| \\ the *end* is the time point at which the *part* ends, | |
| \\ measured in milliseconds. | |
| [ | |
| { "part": "node-edge-tts ", "start": 100, "end": 1287 }, | |
| { "part": "is ", "start": 1287, "end": 1450 }, | |
| { "part": "a ", "start": 1450, "end": 1500 }, | |
| { "part": "module ", "start": 1500, "end": 2037 }, | |
| { "part": "that ", "start": 2037, "end": 2350 }, | |
| { "part": "utilizes ", "start": 2350, "end": 3162 }, | |
| { "part": "Microsoft ", "start": 3162, "end": 3762 }, | |
| { "part": "Edge's ", "start": 3762, "end": 4212 }, | |
| { "part": "online ", "start": 4212, "end": 4750 }, | |
| { "part": "TTS (", "start": 4750, "end": 5450 }, | |
| { "part": "Text-to-Speech) ", "start": 5600, "end": 6637 }, | |
| { "part": "service ", "start": 6800, "end": 7387 }, | |
| { "part": "on ", "start": 7387, "end": 7600 }, | |
| { "part": "Node.", "start": 7600, "end": 7950 }, | |
| { "part": "js", "start": 8012, "end": 8762 } | |
| ] | |
| ``` | |