#talk_hello_world.py
#convert text to MP3 file

from gtts import gTTS     # pip install gtts

language = 'en'
output = gTTS(text="hello world. How are you?",lang=language)  #,slow=False)
output.save("talk_hello_world_test.mp3")

# convert a text file to a MP3 file:
'''
with open("alice2.txt") as inf:
    alice = inf.read().replace("\n",' ')  
output = gTTS(alice, slow=False)
output.save("alice2.mp3")
'''

'''
#read from a PDF file, convert a page to text

import PyPDF2       # pip install PyPDF2

book = open("the-great-gatsby.pdf","rb")
pdf_reader = PyPDF2.PdfFileReader(book)
num_pages = pdf_reader.numPages
print(num_pages)
page = pdf_reader.getPage(7)
text = page.extractText()
print(text)   #several junk chars in it...
'''


'''
# use pyttsx3        pip install pyttsx3

import pyttsx3

speaker = pyttsx3.init('sapi5')    # ERROR. forget this pyttsx3
speaker.say("hello world")
speaker.runAndWait()
'''