Scrubbed letters for tts

tts.py

@@ -1,13 +1,55 @@
-def text_to_speech(text, api_key):
-    import requests
+import re
+import requests
+
+def clean_text_for_speech(text):
+    # Replace URLs with readable text
+    text = re.sub(r'http[s]?://(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-_@.&+]|[!*\\(\\),]|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))+',
+                  ' link ', text)
+    
+    # Replace common symbols with spoken equivalents
+    replacements = {
+        '*': '',
+        '#': 'hashtag',
+        '@': 'at',
+        '&': 'and',
+        '%': 'percent',
+        '+': 'plus',
+        '=': 'equals',
+        '/': ' or ',
+        '\\': ' ',
+        '|': ' ',
+        '_': ' ',
+        '>': 'greater than',
+        '<': 'less than',
+        '`': '',
+        '~': '',
+        '[': '',
+        ']': '',
+        '{': '',
+        '}': '',
+        '(': '',
+        ')': '',
+    }
+    
+    for old, new in replacements.items():
+        text = text.replace(old, new)
+    
+    # Remove multiple spaces
+    text = ' '.join(text.split())
+    
+    return text
 
+def text_to_speech(text, api_key):
+    # Clean text before sending to API
+    cleaned_text = clean_text_for_speech(text)
+    
     url = "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/text-to-speech"
     headers = {
         "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}",
         "Content-Type": "application/json"
     }
     data = {
-        "text": text,
+        "text": cleaned_text,  # Use cleaned text instead of original
         "voice": "en_us_male",  # Specify the desired voice
         "output_format": "mp3"  # Specify the desired output format
     }