import requests from config import HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY # Bark model BARK_MODEL_ID = "suno/bark" def text_to_speech(text: str) -> bytes: """ Convert text to speech (audio bytes) using Hugging Face Bark model. """ url = f"https://api-inference.huggingface.co/models/{BARK_MODEL_ID}" headers = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json" } payload = { "inputs": text } response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload) # Bark returns raw WAV bytes if response.status_code != 200: raise Exception(f"Bark API error: {response.text}") return response.content